Synonyms for inability
ˌɪn əˈbɪl ɪ tiin·abil·i·ty

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1. inability

   Synonyms:
   awkwardness, dulness, feebleness, helplessness, imbecility, impotence, inaptitude, incapacity, incompetence, inefficiency, maladroitness, stupidity, unskilfulness, weakness

   Antonyms:
   ability, aptitude, capability, capacity, cleverness, cogency, competency, dexterity, efficacy, efficiency, energy, expertness, faculty, force, might, power, qualification, readiness, skill, strength, susceptibility, talent

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1. inabilitynoun

   lack of ability (especially mental ability) to do something

   Synonyms:
   unfitness

   Antonyms:
   ability, power

2. inability, unfitnessnoun

   lacking the power to perform

   Synonyms:
   softness, unfitness

   Antonyms:
   ability, power

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1. • Cognition
   • Quality

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1. want of capacity

   lack of development

   for want of capacity, businesses do not sufficiently exploit the transnational dimension of marketing.

   Submitted by rinat on September 10, 2019  

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1. inabilitynoun

   Synonyms:
   incapacity, incapability, impotence, incompetence, incompetency, inefficiency, want of power, want of capacity

2. inabilitynoun

   Synonyms:
   disability, disqualification

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1. inabilitynoun

   Synonyms:
   incompetence, impotence, incapability, incompetency, inefficiency, disability

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1. List of paraphrases for "inability":

   incapacity, impossibility, failure, disability, impotence, incompetence, unfitness, incapacitation, powerlessness, disablement, ineptitude, deficit, incapability, helplessness, unsuitability, inadequacy, weakness

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1. Said Hanson:

   I think the perfect storm of COVID fears, locking down two-thirds of the population for 15 months, the self-induced recession, the Trump derangement syndrome, the George Floyd death, the 120 days of riots, the inactivity and inability to get people to meet one another, the crazy election, all of that was the spark or the fuse that lit the preexisting problems.

2. Roz Rothstein:

   Its inability to condemn the antisemitism present here without simultaneously including in its statement other forms of discrimination not currently at issue, only serves to further marginalize the Jewish members of the school’s community. The administration has a crucialopportunitytoshow moral leadership and communicate to its Jewish students, staff and faculty that they are equally valued members on this campus because antisemitism and discrimination like this will not be tolerated.

3. Jeff Navin:

   The administration talks a really good game about using U.S. technology to help further its geopolitical goals, and also about the speed at which it’s necessary to move to solve climate change, but their inability to move this very basic process forward over this long of a time frame is perplexing.

4. Leon Panetta:

   The problem today is that Washington is more dysfunctional than ever, and there is a growing inability of the President and the leadership and the Congress to be able to work together to get things done, and that frustration may clearly be having an impact on the people who work in the legislative area.

5. Armistead Whitney:

   I had 200 employees that were counting on me as a leader to guide them, to make sure that they could be safe, to make sure that the company could also survive and continue to serve our customers, what we saw that day was an inability to make the right decisions. We had a binder of plans kind of sitting on the shelf that no one had ever read. And that was a very, very challenging way to try to figure out what to do.