Hypertext Webster Gateway: "inability"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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}.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
inability
n 1: lack of ability (especially mental ability) to do something
[ant: {ability}]
2: lacking the power to perform [syn: {unfitness}] [ant: {ability}]
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