Inability

Definitions

1. Lack of the ability to do something; incapability.
   countable, uncountable
2. Lack of the option to do something; powerlessness.
   countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“[…] tho' theſe ſeem'd to be very unfit Inſtruments for compaſſing of that great Deſign for which they were then employ'd, becauſe of their Inability and Uncapacity in performing the Work⟳ ſo very great and important; […]”

“The Premier League leaders did what many people thought was beyond them in their last⟳ European excursion, at the home of Borussia Dortmund, and they made light⟳ work⟳ of overcoming Marseille on a night when the one-sidedness was not reflected by their inability to add⟳ to Jack Wilshere's two goals.”

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