Incapacity

Word INCAPACITY
Character 10
Hyphenation in ca pac i ty
Pronunciations /ˌɪnkəˈpæsɪti/

Definitions and meanings of "Incapacity"

What do we mean by incapacity?

Inadequate strength or ability; lack of capacity. noun

A defect or handicap; a disability. noun

Disqualification from taking part in a legal proceeding because of mental or physical disability or because of lack of legal power or authority. noun

Lack of capacity; lack of ability or qualification; inability; incapability; incompetency. noun

In law, the lack of legal qualification; that condition of a person which forbids a given act on his part, and makes the act legally inefficacious even if he does it: as, infancy constitutes an incapacity to contract; a trust creates in the trustee an incapacity to buy the trust property for himself at his own sale. noun

Lack of capacity; lack of physical or intellectual power; inability. noun

Lack of legal ability or competency to do, give, transmit, or receive something; inability; disqualification noun

The lack of a capacity; an inability noun

Lack of physical or natural qualifications noun

Lack of intellectual power noun

The lack of a capacity; an inability.

Legal disqualification.

1) lack of ability, force, or effectiveness 2)a physical or mental challenge, making learning or performing basic tasks difficult 3)a legal or official disqualification Urban Dictionary

Synonyms and Antonyms for Incapacity

The word "incapacity" in example sentences

The Government will explore using a new funding mechanism to reward private and voluntary sector specialist providers for investing in helping long-term incapacity benefits claimants to return to work, in two pilot areas, for example Greater Manchester and Birmingham. ❋ Thatsnews (2008)

The Government is also looking at the way it contracts with specialist providers to support existing long-term incapacity benefits claimants. ❋ Thatsnews (2008)

He receives £331. 28 a month in incapacity benefit and £183. 30 a month in disability living allowance because of a leg injury he suffered in his teens. ❋ Unknown (2005)

That's why estate planning must cover long-term incapacity, including out-of-pocket expenses for assisted living, nursing homes (which, contrary to popular belief, Medicare does not cover long term), in-home care and other expenses related to aging. ❋ Unknown (2007)

If that problem is not solved the fault will lie either in incapacity and want of vision in statesmen, or with the ignorance and indifference of that public opinion which gives policy its motive power. ❋ Unknown (1944)

The government is already preparing to reassess the circumstances of 1.5 million people signed off work on long-term incapacity benefits to see if they are fit enough to return to employment. ❋ Unknown (2011)

The man has the moral fibre of a rattlesnake - get him out while there is still something left of this, once proud, country Margaret Thatcher helped start the culture of long term incapacity benefits when she said that miners who lost their jobs could go on benefits. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Taking the measures one at a time, the first - and the biggest - was to "time limit contributory employment and support allowance" for one year, that is the benefit formerly known as incapacity benefit. ❋ Unknown (2010)

So, that means the many millions, at the last estimate 10.61 million, of working age who are unemployed or classed as economically inactive are likely to vote for him to retain their social handouts, allowances, council tax paid, utility bills paid, unemployment or long-term incapacity benefits paid, child allowances, child tax credits and other handouts. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Individuals on long term incapacity benefit because of mental health problems could be identified by their GPs three years before they stop working, finds a research paper published on British Medical Journal. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Mr Philpott gave warning that if the Government switched many on long-term incapacity benefit onto Job Seeker's Allowance, it would save money, because the benefit payments are lower, but the move would push up unemployment further. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Nearly 90 per cent of overseas recipients are on long-term incapacity benefit and more than two-thirds of them have been receiving it for five years or more according to figures reported last night released under Freedom of Information. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Men like Gary Bateman, who we exposed last year after drawing long-term incapacity benefit for a "bad back" despite bouncing around on his motocross bike. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Many people cannot bring themselves to deliberately, seriously injure someone - to the point of at least temporary incapacity, which is what you need to have time for the "run away" part. ❋ Unknown (2010)

There is no evidence of natural inferiority, because we cannot be sure that the incapacity is the product of nature, rather than nurture. ❋ Brink, David (2007)

The consequence of my incapacity was his driving my cattle that evening, and their being appraised and sold the next day for less than half their value. ❋ Unknown (2004)

Long-term incapacity where treatment is ineffective ❋ Unknown (2002)

He [lost] on 'the weakest link' because of his [mental] incapacity ❋ Stevefoxy (2007)

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