inability

Salt, usually ultra-aggressive from the outset, had been frustrated by his inability to time the ball early in his innings.

From BBC ● Jul. 7, 2026

But Lily is trapped by her inability to imagine life outside of the upper-crust world in which she was raised.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 6, 2026

In theory, the Supreme Court itself could rule that other features that restrict presidential control—like the inability to fill temporary vacancies—are also unconstitutional.

From Slate ● Jul. 6, 2026

Another factor that gamers bring up about a digital-only gaming ecosystem is the impact on pricing, and the inability to resell games.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 2, 2026

The look in Jonah’s eyes belie it though, and it shatters me a little more, knowing that in choosing to put myself first, I’ve cemented Jonah’s inability to do the same.

From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam

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

These and other questions connected with the subject were not acted upon by Congress, as it could not foresee the conditions of the inabilities in advance of their occurrence.

From Recollections of Forty Years in the House, Senate and Cabinet An Autobiography. by Sherman, John