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Discover LudwigThe phrase "are practically incapable of" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a situation where someone or something is almost unable to perform a certain action or task.
Example: "Despite their best efforts, the team is practically incapable of meeting the tight deadline."
Alternatives: "are nearly unable to" or "are almost incapable of".
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The tabloids are practically incapable of typing the words "firefighter" and "police officer" without tacking "hero" alongside.
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But Mankiewicz, with his "Don't let this get around," was practically incapable of keeping a secret.
(Most of the Obama quotes that appear in the comments were lame attempts to reassure his base that he can get mad and fight back, i.e., signs that he's practically incapable of personal aggression in politics).
"When you finally manage to get him to the bar you are both uncomfortable, practically incapable of speaking," I go on.
On the last day at The Oval in 2009 Mike Hussey called Ponting for a tight single and there was Andrew Flintoff, now practically incapable of bowling, to hurl the ball to the striker's end and break the stumps.
Italian phrases and poems judiciously and joyfully pepper these letters, and never gratuitously: Beckett seems practically incapable of an unconscientious utterance.
"It's practically unheard of in Europe".
He was practically out of breath.
That is practically unheard of.
It is that he is incapable of anything else.
Why are we incapable of it?
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