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2 definitions found 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 1.6 [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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