incapable
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On the left, Marine Tondelier of the Ecologists said the affair was a "symbol of a politico-judicial system incapable of handling the issue of sexist and sexual violence".
From BBC • Jun. 5, 2026
It begins with specious theories and disingenuous arguments advanced by people who believe themselves incapable of bigotry.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 13, 2026
In a rollicking monologue, Fry described all opera as comedy, tragedy merely being the result of idiotic egos incapable of levity.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 29, 2026
Vance, though, is clearly incapable of such a spontaneous response.
From Salon • Apr. 1, 2026
Then there was, that night, the storm, and ships which had cut their anchor cables to escape the assaults of rebellion were now incapable of mooring, and so were dragged ineluctably toward shore.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson
Vocabulary lists containing incapable
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