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incapable

(adj): vs. capable) -- ((followed by `of') lacking capacity or ability
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8 months ago bilby said:

I came across this in the local press:
"A man was arrested in the city centre for being drunk and incapable at the weekend."

I asked a local Bobby what this actually meant. "Well drunk means drunk," he said. I presume this is not a crime, otherwise you would have to arrest Scotland. "Incapable means he couldn't stand up by himself. In these cases we call it in, they're picked up and sent to the shelter."

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