Literary notes about Incapacitated (AI summary)
In literature, "incapacitated" frequently denotes a state of diminished ability or function, whether physical, mental, or even emotional. Authors employ it to convey a loss of capacity resulting from injury, disease, age, or overwhelming circumstance, as in the portrayal of a character’s inability to pursue action with vigor ([1], [2], [3]). The term often underscores themes of vulnerability and decline—be it on a personal level, where an individual is rendered unable to work or serve ([4], [5], [6]), or in broader societal contexts, where entire groups or institutions are weakened by calamity or misfortune ([7], [8], [9]). Moreover, it can highlight the tragic consequences of fate, illustrating both immediate and lasting impacts on one’s livelihood or overall well-being ([10], [11], [12]).
- Thus this ingrained and inherent doubt incapacitated him from following any course vigorously.
— from Literary and Social Essays by George William Curtis - In action, a severe wound or one that incapacitated a man was immediately followed by the finishing stroke.
— from Battle Studies; Ancient and Modern Battle by Charles Jean Jacques Joseph Ardant du Picq - The man was incapacitated for duty and was, in fact, only half conscious.
— from The Border Boys Along the St. Lawrence by John Henry Goldfrap - The extent of the calamity left Mr. Letterblair white and incapacitated.
— from The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton - Jack was incapacitated; and, with his pride, he would never win through pity what he had failed to win on merit.
— from The Education of Eric Lane by Stephen McKenna - This event ought, on the contrary, rather to reassure you, since I am incapacitated from appearing on the field for some time.
— from The Life of La Fayette, the Knight of Liberty in Two Worlds and Two Centuries by Lydia Hoyt Farmer - Every year some would die and others become incapacitated by age and infirmity; there would be no new ones to take their places.
— from Life on the Mississippi by Mark Twain - Accordingly, about nine o'clock he produced the secret order empowering him to succeed MacMahon should the latter be incapacitated.
— from The Development of the European Nations, 1870-1914 (5th ed.) by J. Holland (John Holland) Rose - Of course we were not able to make such a show as on the 23rd, since most of the mounted escort were incapacitated by the severity of their wounds.
— from A Diplomat in Japan by Ernest Mason Satow - “Here they are in prison, and henceforth they will be incapacitated for doing any harm,” he thought, “but what a lamentable family in distress!”
— from Les Misérables by Victor Hugo - He buried his face in his hands and began to sob, hopelessly incapacitated.
— from Wolfbane by Frederik Pohl - A curse upon the thing that has incapacitated me for life, made solitude as hateful as the face of man, made life itself impossible to me!
— from Prison Memoirs of an Anarchist by Alexander Berkman
