Meaning of INABILITY
| Pronunciation: | | `inu'bilitee
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- [n] lacking the power to perform
- [n] lack of ability (especially mental ability) to do something
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| | Synonyms: | | unfitness |
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| | Antonyms: | | ability, ability, power | | |
| | See Also: | | block, cognition, illiteracy, inaptitude, incapability, incapableness, incapacity, incompetence, incompetency, incomprehension, insensitiveness, insensitivity, insufficiency, knowledge, mental block, noesis, quality, stupidity, unadaptability, uncreativeness, unskillfulness | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \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}.
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| | Related Terms: | | disability, disablement, disqualification, imbecility, inadeptness, inadequacy, inaptitude, inaptness, inattentiveness, incapability, incapacitation, incapacity, incompetence, incompetency, indexterity, ineffectiveness, ineffectuality, ineffectualness, inefficiency, ineptitude, ineptness, infancy, inferiority, insufficiency, legal incapacity, maladjustment, maladroitness, mediocrity, minority, pedestrianism, rustiness, skill-lessness, thoughtlessness, unaptness, uncleverness, undeftness, undexterousness, undextrousness, unfitness, unfittedness, unintelligence, unproficiency, unschooledness, unskillfulness, untrainedness, wardship |
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