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inability

[in-uh-bil-i-tee] / ˌɪn əˈbɪl ɪ ti /


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His comments go much further than the gentle diplomatic pressure Malaysia's government has so far applied, but they reflect a simmering frustration with Indonesia's inability to control the fires.

From Barron's ● Oct. 16, 2026

I wonder if your unwillingness or inability to move on from the accumulation phase of your retirement is because, after 35 years, saving and investing has been synonymous with psychological safety.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 13, 2026

In reality, even a monopolist wouldn’t be able to extract all consumer surplus, because of the presence of alternatives and the inability to fully know consumers’ willingness to pay.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 11, 2026

Your inability to simply complete a fair catch led directly to a Seahawks touchdown.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 10, 2026

Much is made of the inability of the wildness of nature to blend into and mix with what man has done to the world.

From This Side of Wild by Gary Paulsen

Researchers also found partners expressed feelings of high stress, a diminished sense of personal growth and worth, difficulties or inabilities within their caregiving roles, and a general sense of feeling unsupported.

From BBC ● Apr. 24, 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

He oversteps, too, the inabilities of the histrionic art.

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


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