incapacitated
Unable to function
Incapacitated means unable to function normally, whether from injury, illness, intoxication, or legal disqualification.
A person incapacitated by a stroke cannot manage their affairs.
Someone incapacitated by alcohol cannot consent.
The word often appears in legal and medical contexts: The court appointed a guardian after she was declared incapacitated.
To incapacitate is to render someone unable to act.
Unable to move voluntarily
- bedriddenUnable to leave mattress
- wheelchair-boundDependent on rolling mobility aid
- quadriplegicParalyzed in all limbs
- paraplegicLower-limb paralysis sufferer
nonambulatory · amputee · invalid · crippled · handicapped · impaired · prosthesis · orthotic
Impaired by alcohol
- inebriatedIntoxicated by alcohol
- sedatedCalmed by medication
- druggedUnder chemical influence
- unconsciousNot awake or aware
stupefied · anesthetized · comatose · insensible · unresponsive · medicated · impaired · wasted
Made weak or infirm
- enfeebledMade weak or feeble
- exhaustedUtterly depleted of energy
- frailWeak and breakable
- drainedEmptied of resources
sapped · enervated · fatigued · prostrated · feeble · infirm · languishing · depleted
Unable to move voluntarily
- frozenSolidified by extreme cold
- stuckUnable to move
- trappedUnable to escape
- pinnedFixed firmly, immobilized
rooted · bedridden · confined · halted · inert · stationary · sidelined · grounded
Lacking strength or authority
- defenselessWithout means to resist
- dependentRequiring outside support
- vulnerableOpen to attack
- strandedLeft without means to leave
overwhelmed · prostrate · forlorn · abandoned · adrift · marooned · forsaken · reliant
paralyzed
Unable to move voluntarily
- bedriddenUnable to leave mattress
- wheelchair-boundDependent on rolling mobility aid
- quadriplegicParalyzed in all limbs
paraplegic · nonambulatory · amputee · invalid · crippled · handicapped · impaired · prosthesis · orthotic · assistive
drunk
Impaired by alcohol
- inebriatedIntoxicated by alcohol
- sedatedCalmed by medication
- druggedUnder chemical influence
unconscious · stupefied · anesthetized · comatose · insensible · unresponsive · medicated · impaired · wasted · plastered
debilitated
Made weak or infirm
drained · sapped · enervated · fatigued · prostrated · feeble · infirm · languishing · depleted · spent
paralyzed
Unable to move voluntarily
pinned · rooted · bedridden · confined · halted · inert · stationary · sidelined · grounded · housebound
powerless
Lacking strength or authority
- defenselessWithout means to resist
- dependentRequiring outside support
- vulnerableOpen to attack
stranded · overwhelmed · prostrate · forlorn · abandoned · adrift · marooned · forsaken · reliant · needy
bound
Secured or destined
- shackledBound with metal restraints
- handcuffedWrists locked together
- confinedKept within bounds
chained · manacled · fettered · tethered · strapped · secured · detained · held · subdued
- populationspatients, inpatients, outpatients, elderly patients, stroke patients
- nonfunctionalbroken, malfunctioning, inoperative, out of order, nonfunctional
- incapacitatedunconscious, knocked out, out cold, passed out, comatose
- functional statusfunctional, impaired, independent, dependent, disabled
- status effectsdebuffed, poison, hexed, burn, cursed
- invalidsinvalid, invalids, infirm, bedridden, patient
incapacitatedcapable
Having required skills
able · functional · operational · operative · enabled
incapacitatedfit
Proper or healthy
healthy · able-bodied · strong · robust · vigorous
incapacitatedcompetent
Sufficiently able, qualified
capable · of sound mind · empowered · independent · autonomous