1. unable to function normally due to illness, injury, or disability
2. legally declared unable to manage one’s own affairs
Usage: legal

Examples

• The accident left him temporarily incapacitated.
• She was incapacitated by a severe migraine.
• The stroke incapacitated the elderly man for several months.
• He became incapacitated due to his mental illness.
• The court declared her legally incapacitated.
• The injury incapacitated the athlete for the entire season.