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Noun
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Help people develop, recover or regain the skills needed for daily living and working after an injury, illness, disability or mental health challenge.—
ByBryan Robinson,
Forbes.com,
18 May 2026 -
Hardship programs Some creditors offer temporary hardship assistance for borrowers who are facing financial challenges tied to retirement, disability or reduced income.—
Angelica Leicht,
CBS News,
18 May 2026
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Unsurprisingly, Tigers athletic director Verge Ausberry had his new head coach's back while trashing former coach Brian Kelly and his inability to relate to boosters or fans during his time in Baton Rouge.—
Austin Perry OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
14 May 2026
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Andrews’s essay comes to the defense of former Harvard President Larry Summers, who resigned under pressure in 2006 after arguing that women might be underrepresented in the hard sciences because of their innate lack of interest in those fields and their inability to perform at the highest levels.—
Helen Lewis,
The Atlantic,
14 May 2026
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Immortality would also be lost on Stoyte, who rivals the carp in his mindless incapacity to notice anything interesting.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
21 May 2026
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Without clear incapacity provisions, decision-making freezes.—
Andre Pennington,
Forbes.com,
18 May 2026
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The Golden Knights need not apologize for the bad luck and incompetence of others.—
Troy Renck,
Denver Post,
19 May 2026
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Workers resisted him with false reports of incompetence, machine sabotage, and especially social pressure—something that worked on new recruits but not on Taylor himself.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
12 May 2026
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Federal agents have descended upon the home of Cindy Rodriguez Singh, the North Texas mom who was recently sent to a state hospital after an incompetency ruling in the murder of her young son.—
Matthew Ablon,
CBS News,
12 May 2026
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The longer the delay, the more the system risks turning temporary incompetency into long-term confinement.—
Stephen Martin,
Oklahoma Watch,
30 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Trump’s command of Congress owes to the incapability of many politicians to see beyond the next election.—
Sun Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
29 Jan. 2026
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“Incapableness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/incapableness. Accessed 23 May. 2026.
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