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inability

[in-uh-bil-i-tee] / ˌɪn əˈbɪl ɪ ti /


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Reiner pointed to “a variety of physical ailments” that are “easy to see,” including bruised hands, swollen legs and an inability to stay awake.

From Salon Aug. 19, 2026

I felt my inability to reach Sarah acutely.

From The Wall Street Journal 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

Even as spending gets larger, Microsoft and its hyperscaler peers “broadly reiterated an inability to keep pace with demand despite the voracious buildout,” William Blair analyst Sebastien Naji said in a note.

From MarketWatch Aug. 3, 2026

Sander bore with me and the infinite variations I employed in saying my lines, and my inability to say the name Pedringano properly, until he could bear it no longer.

From "The Shakespeare Stealer" by Gary L. Blackwood

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

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 inabilities then became the source of discomfort and of fear and this fear added greatly to the disturbance.

From Psychotherapy by Hugo Münsterberg




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