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inability

Substantivin Dialogen belegt

  • //ˌɪnəˈbɪlɪti//

Lack of the ability to do something; incapability.

Substantiv

  1. 1

    Lack of the ability to do something; incapability.

    […] tho' theſe ſeem'd to be very unfit Inſtruments for compaſſing of that great Deſign for which they were then employ'd, becauſe of their Inability and Uncapacity in performing the Work ſo very great and important; […]

    The Premier League leaders did what many people thought was beyond them in their last European excursion, at the home of Borussia Dortmund, and they made light work of overcoming Marseille on a night when the one-sidedness was not reflected by their inability to add to Jack Wilshere's two goals.

  2. 2

    Lack of the option to do something; powerlessness.

Herkunft

From earlier inhability (“disqualification for office”), equivalent to in- + ability. Compare Middle French inhabilité, Medieval Latin inhabilitās.

Formen

Plural
inabilities
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