First Known Use: 15th century
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inability
noun in·abil·i·ty \ˌi-nə-ˈbi-lə-tē\
: the condition of not being able to do something : lack of ability
Full Definition of INABILITY
: lack of sufficient power, resources, or capacity <his inability to do mathematics>
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Origin of INABILITY
Middle English inhabilite disqualification, from Medieval Latin inhabilitas, from Latin in- + habilitas ability
Related to INABILITY
- Synonyms
- impotence, inadequacy, incapability, incapacity, incompetence, incompetency, ineptitude, insufficiency, powerlessness
- Antonyms
- ability, adequacy, capability, capacity, competence, competency, potency
Rhymes with INABILITY
actability, affability, arability, audibility, bankability, bearability, biddability, breathability, brushability, capability, changeability, clubbability, coilability, contractility, countability, credibility, crossability, culpability, curability, cutability, disability, disutility, drapability, drillability, drinkability, drivability, durability, dyeability, edibility, equability, erectility, fallibility, feasibility, fishability, flammability, flexibility, forgeability, formability, frangibility, friability, fungibility, fusibility, gullibility, hatchability, ignobility, imbecility, immobility, incivility, indocility, infantility, infertility, instability, inutility, juvenility, leachability, legibility, liability, likability, livability, lovability, mailability, meltability, miscibility, movability, mutability, notability, packability, placability, plausibility, playability, pliability, portability, possibility, potability, pregnability, prehensility, printability, probability, puerility, readability, rentability, risibility, roadability, salability, sensibility, sewability, shareability, sociability, solubility, solvability, spreadability, squeezability, stainability, stretchability, suitability, tenability, testability, traceability, trainability, treatability, tunability, usability, vendibility, versatility, viability, visibility, volatility, washability, wearability, wettability, workability
INABILITY Defined for Kids
inability
noun in·abil·i·ty \ˌi-nə-ˈbi-lə-tē\
Definition of INABILITY for Kids
: the condition of being unable to do something : lack of ability <He laughed at my inability to sing.>
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