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- Dictionaryincapacitated/ˌɪnkəˈpasɪteɪtɪd/
adjective
- 1. deprived of strength or power; debilitated: "Richard was temporarily incapacitated"
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to make someone unable to work or do things normally, or unable to do what they intended to do: The accident left me incapacitated for seven months. Rubber bullets are designed to incapacitate people rather than kill them. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Injuring and injuries. at-risk. battered child syndrome. battered woman syndrome.
: deprived of capacity or natural power : made incapable of or unfit for normal functioning. … can care for cats while the owners are away or are temporarily incapacitated and unable to care for their pets. Karen Commings.
Incapacitated definition: deprived of strength or ability; made incapable or nonfunctional. See examples of INCAPACITATED used in a sentence.
Incapacitated is an adjective that describes a state where you don’t have the capacity, or ability, to accomplish something. When someone becomes incapacitated, illness or injury is usually to blame.
INCAPACITATE definition: 1. to make someone unable to work or do things normally, or unable to do what they intended to do…. Learn more.
to make someone unable to work or do things normally, or unable to do what they intended to do: The accident left me incapacitated for seven months. Rubber bullets are designed to incapacitate people rather than kill them. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Injuring and injuries. at-risk. be in the wars idiom. bite. boo-boo. brain damage.
1. : to deprive of capacity or natural power : disable. 2. : to make legally incapable or ineligible. incapacitation. ˌin-kə-ˌpa-sə-ˈtā-shən. noun. Synonyms. cripple. disable. hamstring. immobilize. paralyze. prostrate. See all Synonyms & Antonyms in Thesaurus. Examples of incapacitate in a Sentence.
adjective. deprived of power, strength, or capacity. He is incapacitated and can't work. Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers. Word Frequency. incapacitated in American English. (ˌinkəˈpæsɪˌteitɪd) adjective. unable to act, respond, or the like (often used euphemistically when one is busy or otherwise occupied)
in·ca·pac·i·tate. (ĭn′kə-păs′ĭ-tāt′) tr.v. in·ca·pac·i·tat·ed, in·ca·pac·i·tat·ing, in·ca·pac·i·tates. 1. To deprive of strength or ability; disable. 2. To make legally ineligible; disqualify. in′ca·pac′i·ta′tion n. American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition.
Definition of incapacitate verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
