incapable

Example Sentences

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Father, who was incapable of practicing deceit or even recognizing it, took a long and earnest sniff.

From Literature

In a pivot for a region that had courted Tehran, Gulf leaders now insist that Iran must be rendered incapable of future attacks.

From The Wall Street Journal

The more immediate risk is that Washington may conclude Canada is incapable of defending the Arctic, compelling the US military to take charge, he said.

From Barron's

"And he seems incapable of providing that basic information."

From BBC

But Mr. Styles’s voice, while expressive in certain contexts, is incapable of conveying hedonism, and “Aperture” ends up feeling blandly uplifting rather than transcendent.

From The Wall Street Journal