Meaning & use
incapacitated
Unable to function normally due to injury, illness, or other impairment.
See it in a sentence
The driver was incapacitated after the crash and had to be pulled from the car.
A severe migraine left her incapacitated for most of the afternoon.
A note on using this word
Incapacitated is often used in legal and medical contexts to describe a temporary or permanent loss of capability.
Words with a similar meaning
disabledimpaired
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Words with an opposite meaning
able
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