incapableness

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for incapableness
Noun
  • The order also instructs IDPH to publish its own, accessible vaccine guidance to the public, support school vaccination efforts, and work with local health departments, community health centers, disability organizations, and rural providers to encourage vaccination on a larger scale statewide.
    Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA Today, 16 Sep. 2025
  • There are, however, exceptions for students with disabilities who have individualized education programs.
    Arthur Jones II, ABC News, 15 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Overuse of the members of Generation K — Jason Isringhausen, Bill Pulsipher and Paul Wilson — during their rookie seasons is often blamed for the trio’s inability to stay healthy and effective.
    Jerry Beach, Forbes.com, 13 Sep. 2025
  • Roberts pointed to the Dodgers’ inability to support Yamamoto with more than one run against 42-year-old Justin Verlander – on a solo home run by Michael Conforto in the seventh inning – as part of the problem.
    Bill Plunkett, Oc Register, 13 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Ratified in 1967, it was designed to address gaps in succession and clarify what happens in cases of death, resignation, or incapacity.
    Amanda Castro, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Aug. 2025
  • This definition also includes instance in which the victim is incapable of giving consent because of temporary or permanent mental or physical incapacity (include due to the influence of drugs or alcohol) or because of age.
    Baltimore Sun staff, Baltimore Sun, 11 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Many of the deaths were preventable and due to a combination of staff incompetence and cruel indifference.
    U T Editorial Board, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Sep. 2025
  • This is incompetence and there should be consequences for judges who make our society less safe.
    Amanda Castro Hannah Parry, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The National Geographic series dives into footage and narratives from officials leading the disaster response at the time, revealing incompetencies and false information from the media that cost locals their lives.
    Sam Gillette, People.com, 29 Aug. 2025
  • Portalatin’s petition seeks to remove Wilder and Saenz using a statute in the Texas Local Government Code that allows for citizens to seek public officials’ removal due to incompetency, official misconduct or drunkenness both on and off duty.
    Cody Copeland, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 5 Aug. 2025
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“Incapableness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/incapableness. Accessed 19 Sep. 2025.

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