incapacitated

Thân thiện

He was incapacitated by a sudden illness and could not attend the meeting.

Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Lacking in or deprived of strength or power: Describes a state of being unable to act, function, or perform normal activities due to a lack of physical or mental capacity.
   • Rendered helpless or powerless: Indicates a condition where someone or something has been made ineffective or inoperative, often by an external cause or circumstance.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • After the surgery, he was completely incapacitated and needed constant care.
  • The severe blizzard incapacitated the city's transportation network for days.
  • She felt emotionally incapacitated by the sudden tragic news.

Advanced Usage

• Legal/Formal Context: Often used in legal, medical, or official contexts to describe a person who is legally disqualified or physically unable to perform duties or make decisions.
  • The court declared the elderly man incapacitated and appointed a legal guardian.
• Temporary vs. Permanent: Can describe both temporary conditions (e.g., from an injury) and more permanent states (e.g., from a chronic illness).
  • The medication left her temporarily incapacitated with drowsiness.

Variants and Related Words

• Incapacitate (verb): To deprive of strength, ability, or power; to disable.
  • The virus can incapacitate the computer's operating system.
• Incapacity (noun): The state of being unable to do something; lack of ability or power.
  • His mental incapacity made him unfit to stand trial.

Synonyms

• Disabled: Impaired or limited in physical or mental function.
• Helpless: Unable to defend oneself or to act without help.
• Debilitated: Weakened, especially as a result of illness.
• Paralyzed: Rendered unable to act or function.

Antonyms

• Capable: Having the ability or fitness for a specified task.
• Able: Having the power, skill, or means to do something.
• Potent: Having great power, influence, or effect.

Related Phrases

• "Incapacitated with": Often followed by a noun (e.g., pain, laughter, grief) to indicate the cause of the helpless state.
  • He was incapacitated with laughter during the comedian's performance.
• "Render incapacitated": A formal phrase meaning to cause someone or something to become incapacitated.
  • The cyberattack rendered the company's servers incapacitated.

Học thuật

Adjective

1. lacking in or deprived of strength or power
   • lying ill and helpless
   • helpless with laughter

Từ đồng nghĩa

• helpless