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- noun Plural form of
incapacity .
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Examples
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"incapacities," "incumbrance," is written on the brow of every woman they meet.
History of Woman Suffrage, Volume I Matilda Joslyn Gage 1863
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Nor can they be explained by the myth of the Negro's innate incapacities, or by the more sophisticated rationalization of his acquired infirmities.
Dedrick Muhammad: The Ongoing Struggle for Jobs and Freedom Dedrick Muhammad 2011
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Examinations by the school system, SEP, and family services, DIF, indicated no profound physical or mental incapacities -- he could hear, read, play with others, his motor skills were almost on a ten year level.
The Calling 2009
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The expense of the Retraining Costs and incapacities of Labor on the left half of the Curve will always lead to overall losses to the overall Economy, in excess of the net gains of Trade.
Economic Education, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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Examinations by the school system, SEP, and family services, DIF, indicated no profound physical or mental incapacities -- he could hear, read, play with others, his motor skills were almost on a ten year level.
The Calling 2009
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Nor can they be explained by the myth of the Negro's innate incapacities, or by the more sophisticated rationalization of his acquired infirmities.
Dedrick Muhammad: The Ongoing Struggle for Jobs and Freedom Dedrick Muhammad 2011
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The big question is which of these incapacities are contingent -- specific to particular conditions and institutional arrangements, and thus remediable -- and which are structural, inherent in any system of representative government.
What can we expect of democracy? Steven E. Levingston 2010
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Nor can they be explained by the myth of the Negro's innate incapacities, or by the more sophisticated rationalization of his acquired infirmities.
Dedrick Muhammad: The Ongoing Struggle for Jobs and Freedom Dedrick Muhammad 2011
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Nor can they be explained by the myth of the Negro's innate incapacities, or by the more sophisticated rationalization of his acquired infirmities.
Dedrick Muhammad: The Ongoing Struggle for Jobs and Freedom Dedrick Muhammad 2011
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Nor have I seen so many people given zero points on incapacity assessments when they have substantial incapacities among those listed, or thrown off benefits when too anxious to manage to get to a medical on the other side of London or too unwell or mentally chaotic to make it to return-to-work courses.
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