Definitions for inability

inability in·a·bil·i·ty

Spelling: [in-uh-bil-i-tee]
IPA: /ˌɪn əˈbɪl ɪ ti/

Inability is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 14 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 16 points.

You can make 174 anagrams from letters in inability (abiiilnty).

Definitions for inability

noun

  1. lack of ability; lack of power, capacity, or means:

Origin of inability

1400-50; late Middle English inabilite Medieval Latin inhabilitās. See in-3, ability

Examples for inability

The second is strangled tongue disease, the English inability to express real feelings in conversation.

The inability of the men only, will put a period to our daily marches.

I recognize my inability to truly understand these events in the same context or view these events through exactly the same prism.

But the inability to measure progress in the ISIS campaign is widespread.

There is one stream which I dread my inability to stem—it is the tide of Popular Opinion.

Kirkwood groaned with despair of his inability to fathom the abyss of his self-contempt.

The inability to do anything besides binge-watch entire seasons on Netflix.

Her assertion was disregarded as to the inability to change.

The weak spot in his argument was his inability to suggest a reasonable motive.

The scriptural Moses is defined by his frailties, his inability to act.

Word Value for inability
Scrable

14

Words with friends

16

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