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Incapacitated

Definitions: Incapacitated

Incapacitated

Adjective

1. Lacking in or deprived of strength or power; "lying ill and helpless"; "helpless with laughter".

2. Incapacitated by injury or illness.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "incapacitated" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1615. (references)



Synonyms: Incapacitated

Synonyms: disabled (adj), handicapped (adj), helpless (adj). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Incapacitated

English words defined with "incapacitated": disabledhandicappedIncapacitation, invalidmalingeringshut-in, skulking. (references)
Specialty definitions using "incapacitated": domiciliary care, DREDGE MATEfishing captainhistorisches Monument, home careMATE, FISHING VESSELre-education, rehabilitative medicine, rehabilityTUGBOAT MATE. (references)
Etymologies containing "incapacitated": incapacitate. (references)

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Commercial Usage: Incapacitated

DomainTitle

Books

  • Estate & Financial Planning for the Aging or Incapacitated Client 1986 (reference)

  • Estate and Financial Planning for Aging and Incapacitated Client/d 4-5012 (reference)

  • Estate planning for the aging or incapacitated client : protecting legal rights, preserving resources, and providing health care options (reference)

  • Mentally Incapacitated Adults and Decision-Making: A New Jurisdiction (reference)

  • When You're Ill or Incapacitated When You're the Caregiver: 12 Things to Remember in Times of Sickness, Injury or Disability 12 Things to Do If Someone You Care for Is Ill or Incapacitated (reference)

    (more book examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Image Slideshow: Incapacitated

Illustrations:
Incapacitated

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Photo Album: Incapacitated

ThumbnailDescription & Credit

Tourist house, Truro. The girl at the easel is a boarder. House belongs to incapacitated fisherman and railroad worker from the Cape Verde Islands. Truro, Massachusetts.Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Historic Usage: Incapacitated

AuthorDateQuotation

Magna Carta

1215

And if any one of the five and twenty barons shall have died or departed from the land, or be incapacitated in any other manner which would prevent the foresaid provisions being carried out, those of the said twenty five barons who are left shall choose another in his place according to their own judgment, and he shall be sworn in the same way as the others. (reference)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Use in Literature: Incapacitated

TitleAuthorQuote

Walden

Thoreau, Henry David

I called on the king, but he made me wait in his hall, and conducted like a man incapacitated for hospitality.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Incapacitated

SubjectTopicQuote

Health

Generally, within 15 to 20 years after the appearance of the first symptoms, the person is confined to a wheelchair, and in later stages of the disease, individuals become completely incapacitated. (references)

Business

It is based on the policy that the elderly and incapacitated people should remain in their own home for as long as possible and desirable. (references)

Home health care is a vital part of the overall Danish health care system, and is based on the policy that the elderly and incapacitated people should remain in their own home for as long as possible. (references)

Children

Bolivia

A National Committee for Incapacitated Persons oversees the law's enforcement, conducts studies, and channels and supervises programs and donations for the persons with disabilities; however, there is little information on its effectiveness. (references)

Political Rights

Turkey

Parliament elects the President as Head of State every 7 years or when the incumbent becomes incapacitated or dies. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: Incapacitated

"Incapacitated" is generally used as a lexical verb (past participle) -- approximately 50.68% of the time. "Incapacitated" is used about 73 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Lexical Verb (past participle)50.68%3756,631
Adjective (general or positive)31.51%2372,767
Lexical Verb (past tense)15.07%11106,044
Noun (proper)2.74%2245,945
                    Total100.00%73N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expression: Incapacitated

Hypenated Usage

Ending with "incapacitated": half-incapacitated.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Incapacitated

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

dog incapacitated

2

incapacitated

2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: Incapacitated

Language Translations for "incapacitated"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Arabic 

  

‏فاقد الأهلية, ‏مقعد (bench, chair, couch, cripple, crippled, disable, infirm, invalid, lame, seat, settee, sofa, stool). (various references)

   

Chinese 

  

(inefficient), 能力 (incapacitate, incapacitating, incompetence). (various references)

   

Danish

  

endeligt uarbejdsdygtig (incapacitated from engaging in gainful employment). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

arbeidsongeschikt (disabled, incapacitated from engaging in gainful employment, medically incapable of work, medically retired, unable to work through sickness or disability, unfit for work). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

työkyvytön (disabled), toimintakyvytön, kykenemätön (incapable, incompetent, unable). (various references)

   

French

  

incapable (inadequate, incapable, incompetent, ineffective, ineffectual, inefficient), frappé d'incapacité. (various references)

   

German

  

unfähig gemacht, arbeitsunfähig (disabled, non-viable, unable to work, unemployable, unfit for work). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

ανίκανος να ασκήσει κερδοσκοπική δραστηριότητα (incapacitated from engaging in gainful employment). (various references)

   

Italian

  

inabile ad esercitare un'attivit retribuita (incapacitated from engaging in gainful employment). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

incapacitateday

   

Portuguese

  

incapaz de exercer uma actividade lucrativa (incapacitated from engaging in gainful employment). (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

onesposobljen (disabled). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

incapacitado (disabled, handicapped person, helpless, incapable, lame duck). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

arbetsoförmögen. (various references)

   

Turkish

  

mahrum edilmiş, alıkoyulmuş, aciz bırakılmış. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Misspellings: Incapacitated

Misspellings

"Incapacitated" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: incapcitate. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Incapacitated"

# of Phoneme MatchesPronunciationWord(s) rhyming with "incapacitated" (pronounced i'nkupa"sutā'tud)
7-s u t ā' t u dnecessitated, resuscitated.
6-u t ā' t u dagitated, amputated, debilitated, decapitated, facilitated, gravitated, hesitated, imitated, irritated, levitated, precipitated, premeditated, rehabilitated.
5-t ā' t u ddevastated, dictated, mutated, orientated, overstated, rotated, understated.
4-ā' t u dabbreviated, abdicated, abrogated, accelerated, accentuated, acclimated, accommodated, accumulated, activated, adjudicated, adulterated, advocated, affiliated, aggravated, aggregated, alienated, alleviated, allocated, alternated, amalgamated, ameliorated, angulated, animated, annihilated, anticipated, antiquated, appreciated, appropriated, approximated, arbitrated, articulated, aspirated, assassinated, assimilated, associated, attenuated, authenticated, automated, backdated, bifurcated, caffeinated, calculated, calibrated, capitulated, captivated, carbonated, castigated, castrated, celebrated, chlorinated, circulated, collaborated, commemorated, communicated, compensated, complicated, concentrated, confiscated, congratulated, congregated, consecrated, consolidated, constipated, consummated, contaminated, contemplated, cooperated, correlated, corroborated, corrugated, crenelated, culminated, cultivated, deactivated, decaffeinated, decelerated, decimated, decontaminated, decorated, degenerated, delegated, deliberated, delineated, demonstrated, denigrated, denominated, depreciated, desegregated, designated, deteriorated, detonated, devaluated, deviated, differentiated, dilapidated, discriminated, disintegrated, disseminated, dissipated, domesticated, dominated, donated, duplicated, educated, elevated, eliminated, elucidated, emaciated, emanated, emancipated, emasculated, emigrated, emulated, encapsulated, enumerated, enunciated, eradicated, escalated, estimated, evacuated, evaluated, evaporated, eviscerated, exacerbated, exaggerated, exasperated, excavated, excommunicated, excoriated, exhilarated, exonerated, expropriated, exterminated, extrapolated, extricated, fabricated, fascinated, federated, fixated, flagellated, fluctuated, formulated, frustrated, generated, germinated, glaciated, graduated, gyrated, halogenated, humiliated, hydrated, hydrogenated, hyphenated, illuminated, illustrated, immigrated, impersonated, implicated, impregnated, inactivated, inaugurated, incarcerated, incinerated, incorporated, inculcated, indicated, indoctrinated, infatuated, infiltrated, infuriated, initiated, innovated, inoculated, instigated, insulated, integrated, interpolated, interrogated, intimated, intimidated, intoxicated, inundated, invalidated, investigated, invigorated, irradiated, irrigated, isolated, laminated, legislated, liberated, liquidated, litigated, located, lubricated, mandated, manipulated, marinated, masturbated, mediated, medicated, migrated, misallocated, misappropriated, miscalculated, mitigated, moderated, motivated, mutilated, narrated, nauseated, navigated, negotiated, nominated, nonregulated, obligated, obliterated, officiated, operated, opinionated, orchestrated, originated, outdated, overestimated, overregulated, oxygenated, participated, penetrated, perforated, permeated, perpetrated, perpetuated, pollinated, pontificated, populated, predicated, predominated, prefabricated, prognosticated, proliferated, promulgated, propagated, punctuated, radiated, reactivated, reallocated, rebated, recalculated, reciprocated, recreated, redecorated, reevaluated, reformulated, refrigerated, regenerated, regulated, reincarnated, reintegrated, reinvigorated, reiterated, rejuvenated, relegated, renegotiated, renominated, renovated, repatriated, replicated, repudiated, resonated, retaliated, reverberated, ruminated, salivated, saturated, segregated, separated, serrated, simulated, situated, sophisticated, speculated, stagnated, stalemated, stimulated, stipulated, subjugated, subordinated, substantiated, suffocated, syncopated, syndicated, tabulated, terminated, titillated, tolerated, truncated, unadulterated, unaffiliated, unallocated, unanticipated, unappreciated, uncompensated, uncomplicated, unconsolidated, uncontaminated, underestimated, undifferentiated, uneducated, unincorporated, uninitiated, unmitigated, unregulated, unsaturated, unsophisticated, unsubstantiated, venerated, ventilated.
3-t u dabated, abducted, abetted, aborted, abstracted, abutted, accented, accepted, accosted, accounted, accredited, acquainted, acquitted, acted, adapted, addicted, adjusted, admitted, adopted, affected, afflicted, affronted, airlifted, alerted, allotted, amounted, annotated, anted, appointed, arrested, assaulted, asserted, assisted, assorted, attempted, attested, attracted, attributed, audited, augmented, averted, awaited, baited, bankrupted, bated, batted, belated, belted, benefited, benefitted, benighted, berated, bested, bigoted, blacklisted, blanketed, blasted, blighted, bloated, blunted, blurted, boasted, boated, bolted, boosted, booted, boycotted, breasted, budgeted, busted, carbureted, carotid, carpeted, carted, catapulted, cemented, chanted, charted, chatted, cheated, chested, circuited, circumvented, cited, closeted, clotted, coasted, coated, coexisted, collected, comforted, commented, committed, commuted, compacted, competed, complemented, completed, complimented, computed, conceited, concerted, concocted, conducted, conflicted, confronted, congested, conjugated, connected, conscripted, consented, consisted, constituted, constricted, constructed, consulted, contacted, contented, contested, contorted, contracted, contradicted, contrasted, contributed, converted, convicted, convoluted, coordinated, copyrighted, corrected, corrupted, costed, counted, counteracted, counterfeited, courted, coveted, crafted, created, credited, cremated, crested, crusted, darted, dated, daunted, debated, dedicated, deducted, defaulted, defeated, defected, deflated, deflected, dehydrated, dejected, deleted, delighted, delisted, demented, demoted, denoted, dented, departed, depicted, depleted, deported, deposited, deregulated, desecrated, deserted, destructed, detected, detested, detracted, devoted, digested, dilated, diluted, directed, disaffected, disappointed, disassociated, disconnected, discontented, discounted, discredited, disenchanted, disgusted, disinterested, disinvited, disjointed, dislocated, disoriented, dispirited, disputed, disrespected, disrupted, dissected, dissented, distorted, distracted, distributed, distrusted, diverted, divested, documented, dotted, doubted, drafted, drifted, dusted, edited, effected, ejected, elaborated, elated, elected, electrocuted, elicited, elongated, emitted, enacted, enchanted, encrusted, encrypted, enlisted, entrusted, equated, erected, erupted, escorted, evicted, exacted, exalted, excepted, excerpted, excited, executed, exempted, exerted, exhausted, exhibited, exhorted, existed, exited, expected, expedited, experimented, exploited, exported, extorted, extracted, extradited, extroverted, exulted, faceted, fainted, fainthearted, farsighted, fasted, fated, faulted, feasted, fermented, ferreted, feted, fetid, filleted, fingerprinted, fisted, fitted, flabbergasted, flaunted, flirted, floated, flouted, foisted, fomented, footed, footnoted, forecasted, forested, forfeited, fragmented, frequented, fretted, fronted, frosted, gated, gifted, gloated, glutted, grafted, granted, grated, greeted, grunted, guested, gusted, gutted, halfhearted, hallucinated, halted, handcrafted, harvested, hated, hearted, heated, helmeted, highlighted, hinted, hoisted, hooted, hosted, hunted, ignited, impacted, imparted, implanted, implemented, imported, imprinted, imputed, incited, indebted, indicted, indited, inducted, infected, infested, inflated, inflected, inflicted, ingested, inhabited, inherited, inhibited, injected, inserted, insinuated, insisted, inspected, instituted, instructed, insulted, interacted, intercepted, interconnected, interdicted, interested, interjected, interpreted, interrelated, interrupted, intersected, introverted, invented, inverted, invested, invited, jacketed, jetted, jilted, jointed, jolted, jotted, knighted, knitted, knotted, lambasted, lamented, lasted, lifted, lighted, lighthearted, limited, listed, looted, lusted, maladjusted, malted, maltreated, manifested, marketed, masted, mated, melted, merited, meted, minted, misdirected, misinterpreted, misquoted, misreported, misrepresented, misstated, mistreated, mistrusted, modulated, molested, mounted, multifaceted, muted, nearsighted, negated, neglected, nested, netted, noted, objected, obstructed, omitted, opted, orbited, oriented, ornamented, ousted, outed, outfitted, outlasted, outvoted, overacted, overexcited, overheated, overpopulated, overrated, overreacted, overrepresented, overweighted, painted, panted, parachuted, parted, pasted, patented, patted, pelleted, pelted, perfected, permitted, persecuted, persisted, perverted, petted, picketed, piloted, pinpointed, pirated, pitted, pivoted, planted, plated, plotted, plummeted, pocketed, pointed, polluted, ported, posited, posted, potted, pouted, predated, predicted, preempted, preexisted, presented, prevented, printed, profited, prohibited, projected, promoted, prompted, prorated, prosecuted, protected, protested, protracted, purported, putted, quieted, quilted, quoted, rafted, ranted, ratcheted, rated, reacted, readjusted, readmitted, reappointed, rearrested, reasserted, rebutted, recanted, recited, recollected, reconnected, reconstituted, reconstructed, recounted, recruited, redacted, redirected, redistributed, redrafted, reelected, reenacted, refitted, reflected, refuted, regimented, regretted, reignited, reinstated, reinstituted, reinterpreted, reinvented, reinvested, reinvited, rejected, related, relented, relocated, remarketed, remitted, rented, repainted, repeated, repented, replanted, reported, represented, reprinted, reputed, requested, rerouted, resented, resisted, resorted, respected, restarted, restated, rested, restricted, resubmitted, resulted, resurrected, retested, retorted, retracted, retreated, retrofitted, reunited, reverted, revisited, revolted, righted, rioted, riveted, roasted, rocketed, roosted, rooted, rotted, rusted, rutted, sainted, salted, saluted, sandblasted, sated, scapegoated, scented, scouted, scripted, sculpted, seated, secreted, sedated, segmented, selected, shafted, shifted, shorted, shortsighted, shouted, shunted, sifted, sighted, silhouetted, sited, skated, skirted, skyrocketed, slanted, slated, slighted, slotted, snorted, solicited, sorted, spirited, sported, spotlighted, spotted, spouted, sprinted, sprouted, spurted, squirted, started, stated, stilted, stunted, subcontracted, subjected, submitted, substituted, subtracted, subverted, suggested, suited, superheated, supplanted, supplemented, supported, surmounted, suspected, swatted, sweated, tainted, talented, targeted, tasted, taunted, tempted, tested, throated, thwarted, ticketed, tightfisted, tilted, tinted, toasted, tormented, toted, touted, transacted, transected, translated, transmitted, transplanted, transported, treated, trotted, trumpeted, trusted, tufted, twisted, unabated, unaccounted, unaccredited, unadjusted, unaffected, unassisted, unaudited, unbolted, uncharted, uncoated, uncollected, uncommitted, uncompleted, unconnected, uncontested, uncontradicted, unconverted, uncoordinated, uncorrected, uncorroborated, uncounted, undated, undaunted, undefeated, undercounted, underrated, underreported, underrepresented, undetected, undiluted, undisputed, undistributed, undocumented, undoubted, unedited, unelected, unexpected, unexploited, unindicted, uninfected, uninhabited, uninhibited, uninterested, uninterrupted, uninvited, United, unlimited, unlisted, unmolested, unobstructed, unpainted, unprecedented, unprotected, unrated, unreconstructed, unrelated, unreported, unrepresented, unrequited, unrestricted, unscripted, unseated, unsolicited, unstated, unsuited, unsupported, unsuspected, untainted, untested, untreated, unwanted, unwarranted, updated, uplifted, uprooted, vacated, vaccinated, vacillated, validated, vatted, vaulted, vaunted, vented, vested, vetted, vindicated, violated, visited, voted, wafted, waited, wanted, warranted, wasted, weighted, whetted, whited, wholehearted, wilted, witted, worsted, wrested.

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

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Anagrams: Incapacitated

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-a-a-c-c-d-e-i-i-n-p-t-t"

-1 letter: incapacitate.

-2 letters: anticipated, capacitated.

-3 letters: anticipate, capacitate.

-4 letters: acceptant, captained, patinated, tactician.

-5 letters: accident, actiniae, actinide, apatetic, attained, capitate, ctenidia, indicate, nictated, pancetta, patinate, pedantic, pittance.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Incapacitated


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

49 6E 63 61 70 61 63 69 74 61 74 65 64

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

..    -.    -.-.    .-    .--.    .-    -.-.    ..    -    .-    -    .    -..

Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01001001 01101110 01100011 01100001 01110000 01100001 01100011 01101001 01110100 01100001 01110100 01100101 01100100

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#73 &#110 &#99 &#97 &#112 &#97 &#99 &#105 &#116 &#97 &#116 &#101 &#100

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0049 006E 0063 0061 0070 0061 0063 0069 0074 0061 0074 0065 0064

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

43806967826769758667867170

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Commercial
5. Images: Slideshow
6. Images: Photo Album
7. Quotations: Historic
8. Quotations: Fiction
9. Quotations: Non-fiction
10. Usage Frequency
11. Expressions
12. Expressions: Internet
13. Translations: Modern
14. Derivations
15. Rhymes
16. Anagrams
17. Orthography
18. Bibliography


  

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