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inability

[in-uh-bil-i-tee] / ˌɪn əˈbɪl ɪ ti /


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McDaniel teased reporters when asked about Hampton’s expected usage, apologizing to fantasy owners for his inability to declare the running back the bell cow because of their other options he has to work with.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 24, 2026

Mr. Statham, a not infrequently delightful actor whose main weakness is an inability to say no to mediocre projects, undertakes the usual heroic killing spree in “Mutiny,” a brief, reasonably compelling but shamelessly workmanlike feature.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 20, 2026

Reiner pointed to “a variety of physical ailments” that are “easy to see,” including bruised hands, swollen legs and an inability to stay awake.

From Salon Aug. 19, 2026

McInnes thinks it is a continuation of the problems experienced at the end of last season - the inability to deliver a 90-minute performance.

From BBC Aug. 13, 2026

Sander bore with me and the infinite variations I employed in saying my lines, and my inability to say the name Pedringano properly, until he could bear it no longer.

From "The Shakespeare Stealer" by Gary L. Blackwood

Researchers also found partners expressed feelings of high stress, a diminished sense of personal growth and worth, difficulties or inabilities within their caregiving roles, and a general sense of feeling unsupported.

From BBC Apr. 24, 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

The absence of it is mainly due to a concatenation of inabilities on the part of the writers.

From The English Novel by George Saintsbury




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