Definitions for: Inability


[n] lacking the power to perform
[n] lack of ability (especially mental ability) to do something



Webster (1913) Definition: In`a*bil"i*ty, n. [Pref. in- not + ability: cf. F.
inhabilet['e]. See Able, and cf. Unable.]
The quality or state of being unable; lack of ability; want
of sufficient power, strength, resources, or capacity.

It is not from an inability to discover what they ought
to do, that men err in practice. --Blair.

Syn: Impotence; incapacity; incompetence; weakness;
powerlessness; incapability. See Disability.

Synonyms: unfitness

Antonyms: ability, ability, power

See Also: block, cognition, illiteracy, inaptitude, incapability, incapableness, incapacity, incompetence, incompetency, incomprehension, insensitiveness, insensitivity, insufficiency, knowledge, mental block, noesis, quality, stupidity, unadaptability, uncreativeness, unskillfulness

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