incapacitated

UK: /ˌɪnkəˈpæsɪteɪtɪd/ US: (in′kə pas′i tā′tid)

From the verb incapacitate: (⇒ conjugate)

incapacitated is: ⓘ

v past

v past p

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

in•ca•pac•i•tat•ed  (in′kə pas′i tā′tid), adj. 

1. unable to act, respond, or the like (often used euphemistically when one is busy or otherwise occupied):
   He can't come to the phone now--he's incapacitated.

• incapacitate + -ed² 1795–1805

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025

in•ca•pac•i•tate /ˌɪnkəˈpæsɪˌteɪt/   v. [~ + object] , -tat•ed, -tat•ing. 

1. to deprive of ability;
   disable:
   physically incapacitated as a result of his fall.
2. Law to deprive of legal power.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

in•ca•pac•i•tate  (in′kə pas′i tāt′), v.t., -tat•ed, -tat•ing. 

1. to deprive of ability, qualification, or strength;
   make incapable or unfit;
   disable.
2. Law to deprive of the legal power to act in a specified way or ways.

• incapacit(y) + -ate¹ 1650–60

in′ca•pac′i•ta′tion, n. 
Synonyms

• 1. . cripple, handicap, sideline.

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incapacitate / ˌɪnkəˈpæsɪˌteɪt/ verb (transitive)

1. to deprive of power, strength, or capacity; disable
2. to deprive of legal capacity or eligibility

ˌincaˌpaciˈtation noun