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incapacitating

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in·ca·pac·i·tate  (nk-ps-tt)
tr.v. in·ca·pac·i·tat·ed, in·ca·pac·i·tat·ing, in·ca·pac·i·tates
1. To deprive of strength or ability; disable.
2. To make legally ineligible; disqualify.
inca·paci·tation n.
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Adj.1.incapacitating - that cripples or disables or incapacitates; "a crippling injury"
crippling, disabling
unhealthful - detrimental to good health; "unhealthful air pollution"; "unhealthful conditions in old apartments with peeling lead-based paint"


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Tess Durbeyfield's experience was of this incapacitating kind.
Tess of the d'Urbervilles - A Pure Woman by Hardy, Thomas View in context
It seems to be your opinion, that the very office of an antiquary, employed in grave, and, as the vulgar will sometimes allege, in toilsome and minute research, must be considered as incapacitating him from successfully compounding a tale of this sort.
Ivanhoe by Scott, Walter View in context
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