Persons considered not to be of sound mind are in many jurisdictions considered incapable of giving true consent.

Under state law, children younger than 8 are considered incapable of committing crimes because they cannot reason.

Just after the second performance, he was considered incapable of playing the part, due to his now permanent lack of clarity and continuous influence from alcohol and drugs.

Deaf people historically have often been considered incapable of abstract thinking, since they lacked speech to express thoughts.

These hypothetical entities, he contended, should not be considered incapable of experiencing pain just because they lack the same neurochemistry as humans.

When it came right down to it there was no one on this island I considered incapable of murder.

The prime minister in turn disliked the old nobles, whom he considered corrupt and incapable of practical action.

Cruze, at thirty-eight, had directed several small westerns before the Wagon but was considered incapable of creating sustained suspense on the screen.

Under Islam, the mentally ill were considered incapable yet deserving of humane treatment and protection.