Inability

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [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}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  46 Moby Thesaurus words for "inability":
     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