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inability

[in-uh-bil-i-tee] / ˌɪn əˈbɪl ɪ ti /


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Finally, a catastrophic medical bill isn’t caused by a catastrophic event alone, but by high cost-sharing and, at an extremely vulnerable time, an inability to pay.

From MarketWatch Aug. 18, 2026

Abu Ridi voiced frustration at the Israeli military's inability to remove a handful of settlers from the site and called for more action to resolve the situation.

From Barron's Aug. 17, 2026

He says the modern digital world often leaves us inflicted by decision paralysis, external - the inability to choose because there are so many options.

From BBC Aug. 8, 2026

Carmen Schober, the profile’s author, ignored the way members of Schmidt’s online forum, Skinni Société, commiserated about their hair loss and inability to stand without getting dizzy.

From Salon Aug. 5, 2026

The inability to test out her theory irked Ophie something fierce.

From "Ophie's Ghosts" by Justina Ireland

But the frustration is that Australia, at times, have not outplayed England - instead, they have been gifted opportunities to win by England's inabilities to do the basics, like catching the ball.

From BBC Feb. 2, 2025

In April 2020, the Department of Transportation received over 17,000 complaints about inabilities to get refunds for flights, a more than 17,000-percent increase from just 98 in the same month in 2019.

From New York Times Jul. 6, 2021

Hewitt’s own inabilities aside, the actress can at least play the part.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 18, 2018

But these inabilities do not exceed the corporeal: physical growth is not a metaphor for emotional growth.

From The Guardian Jan. 31, 2018

He felt that he had had an opportunity and mismanaged it, and a sense of his inabilities in all social matters mortified and fretted him all the day afterward.

From A Song of a Single Note A Love Story by Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr




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