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inability - 3 dictionary results

in⋅a⋅bil⋅i⋅ty

[in-uh-bil-i-tee]
–noun
lack of ability; lack of power, capacity, or means: his inability to make decisions.

Origin:
1400–50; late ME inabilite < ML inhabilitās. See in- 3 , ability


incapability, incapacity, impotence, incompetence. See disability.
in·a·bil·i·ty   (ĭn'ə-bĭl'ĭ-tē)   
n.  Lack of ability or means.

Inability

In`a*bil"i*ty\, n. [Pref. in- not + ability: cf. F. inhabilet['e]. 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. --Blair.

Syn: Impotence; incapacity; incompetence; weakness; powerlessness; incapability. See Disability.
Language Translation for : inability
Spanish: incapacidad,
German: die Unfähigkeit,
Japanese: 不能
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