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inability

[in-uh-bil-i-tee] / ˌɪn əˈbɪl ɪ ti /


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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

“Upon review of the parties’ submissions and counsel’s representations at the hearing, it does not appear that Defendants’ noncompliance is due to an inability to comply,” Frimpong said in her order.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 4, 2026

It all comes to the same thing—a refusal or inability to face the situation squarely.

From "I, Robot" by Isaac Asimov

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

But the rollout of aid has been slow, partly reflecting the Haitian government’s own inabilities to oversee and coordinate it, an echo of the problems following the 2010 quake.

From New York Times Aug. 16, 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 modern isms must be viewed with consideration, for there are many impostors concealing their inabilities by flocking to these less understood fields.

From Visual Illusions Their Causes, Characteristics and Applications by Matthew Luckiesh




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