inability

[In`a*bilĀ·i*ty]

The quality or state of being unable; lack of ability; want of sufficient power, strength, resources, or capacity.

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The quality or state of being unable; lack of ability; want of sufficient power, strength, resources, or capacity.

Noun
lacking the power to perform

Noun
lack of ability (especially mental ability) to do something


n.
The quality or state of being unable; lack of ability; want of sufficient power, strength, resources, or capacity.


Inability

In`a*bil"i*ty , n. [Pref. in- not + ability: cf. F. inhabilet'82. See Able, and cf. Unable.] The quality or state of being unable; lack of ability; want of sufficient power, strength, resources, or capacity.
It is not from an inability to discover what they ought to do, that men err in practice.
Syn. -- Impotence; incapacity; incompetence; weakness; powerlessness; incapability. See Disability.

The quality or state of being unable; lack of ability; want of sufficient power, strength, resources, or capacity.

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Usage Examples

All of our unhappiness comes from our inability to be alone.

Our most tragic error may have been our inability to establish a rapport and a confidence with the press and television with the communication media. I don't think the press has understood me.

We have lost that which has made us great over the generations, and that is the sense of individual and personal responsibility that we can come up, we can pursue our dreams and our aspirations and we won't be blocked by government regulation, by the inability to get a loan as a small business to make our dreams come true.

No one should be denied the opportunity to get an education and increase their earning potential based solely on their inability to pay for a college education.

The reason was the failure of both Japan and China to understand each other and the inability of America and the European powers to sympathize, without prejudice, with the peoples of East Asia.

Many people in the world today are not starving because there is an inherent inability to produce food, they are starving because they are caught in the middle of political fights and blockades that have been used as weapons.

Man's survival, from the time of Adam and Eve until the invention of agriculture, must have been precarious because of his inability to ensure his food supply.

I have an inability to enjoy things, but that's why we're in comedy. If we were happy, we wouldn't be funny, I guess.

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Other Usage Examples

Depression is the inability to construct a future.

It's a great excuse and luxury, having a job and blaming it for your inability to do your own art. When you don't have to work, you are left with the horror of facing your own lack of imagination and your own emptiness. A devastating possibility when finally time is your own.

I am conscious of my inability to grasp, in all its details and positive developments, any very large portion of human knowledge.

I think my dyslexia was a vital part of my development because my inability to read and write meant that I had to find knowledge elsewhere so I looked to the cinema.

Old men are fond of giving good advice to console themselves for their inability to give bad examples.

Well, I think everybody is frustrated by the finances of the U.N. and the inability to solve problems of war and peace.

Facts matter. Science matters. Reason matters. Mitt Romney has shown an inability to respect any of the three. President Barack Obama not only respects them, he relies on them. He is an overwhelming and unquestioned choice to continue as president.

Golf appeals to the idiot in us and the child. Just how childlike golf players become is proven by their frequent inability to count past five.

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