INABILITY

inability, unfitness

(noun) lacking the power to perform

inability

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

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

inability (countable and uncountable, plural inabilities)

Lack of the ability to do something; incapability.

Lack of the option to do something; powerlessness.

Synonyms

• unability

Source: Wiktionary


In`a*bil"i*ty, n. Etym: [Pref. in- not + ability: cf. F. inhabileté. See Able, and cf. Unable.]

Definition: 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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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