inability

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

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

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

I felt my inability to reach Sarah acutely.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026

“I don’t see anything in anyone,” Citra said, irritated at both the task and her inability to rise to it.

From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman

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

The artist has made a kind of subtle crime of his habitual expression, his emotional monotonies, and his intellectual inabilities.

From Adventures in the Arts Informal Chapters on Painters, Vaudeville, and Poets by Marsden Hartley