Meaning & use

incapacitated

adjective·Academic

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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