Meaning of Inability | Babel Free

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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