'Inability' definitions:
Definition of 'inability'
(from WordNet)
Definition of 'Inability'
From: GCIDE
- 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; lack of sufficient power, strength, resources, or capacity. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'inability'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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