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inability

[in-uh-bil-i-tee] / ˌɪn əˈbɪl ɪ ti /


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Specific reserves are set aside for commercial loans as soon as there is any hint of delinquency or an inability to renew maturing loans.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 11, 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

When I told one doctor about my inability to focus, she suggested a peptide called Semax as well as oral oxytocin, neither of which is FDA-approved.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

District challenges: Winston listed enrollment and the inability of students to afford basic needs as major challenges.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

He had really only one flaw and that was an inability to calculate the correct age of the Earth.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson

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 inabilities of the histrions themselves, is another matter.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 57, No. 353, March 1845 by Various




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