inability
Example Sentences
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Due to the manner of management and my inability to be heard, I exited the LLC.
From MarketWatch • May 20, 2026
Does it speak of an overflow of creativity — or of an inability to edit?
From Los Angeles Times • May 15, 2026
Most family businesses flame out within a few decades, undone by succession failures, personal conflict or an inability to adapt to changing markets.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 10, 2026
Demand is presumed so reliable that the inability to meet it is punished.
From Barron's • May 7, 2026
He asked Odenigbo over and over where exactly Patel had read medicine and how he could claim that Olanna’s inability to walk was psychological.
From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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