inability

Anger about Indonesia's inability to control the haze was stoked further by comments over the weekend from Jakarta's communications agency chief.

From Barron's ● Oct. 16, 2026

I wonder if your unwillingness or inability to move on from the accumulation phase of your retirement is because, after 35 years, saving and investing has been synonymous with psychological safety.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 13, 2026

In this series, he has two hits and two strikeouts in eight at-bats, and his inability to refrain from swinging at pitches outside the strike zone has become a glaring weakness.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026

In a prevention of future deaths report James Bennett, a coroner for Herefordshire, said the inability for police forces to provide round-the-clock specialist search officers was being impeded by a lack of training provision.

From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026

“Only I can do that. Which means my inability to climb the wall is the reason an important part of the mission is in jeopardy.”

From "City Spies" by James Ponti

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 ashamed at his adolescent inabilities, since this was his third time at his class and the third at his failure.

From Scorched Earth by Walter D. Petrovic