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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Inability \In'a*bil"i*ty\, noun [Pref. in- not + ability: cf. F. inhabilet['e]. See {Able}, and cf. {Unable}.] The quality or state of being unable; lack of ability; lack 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}.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
inability
noun
1: lack of ability (especially mental ability) to do something [ant: {ability}]
2: lacking the power to perform [syn: {unfitness}] [ant: {ability}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
46 Moby Thesaurus words for "inability": disability, disablement, disqualification, imbecility, inadeptness, inadequacy, inaptitude, inaptness, inattentiveness, incapability, incapacitation, incapacity, incompetence, incompetency, indexterity, ineffectiveness, ineffectuality, ineffectualness, inefficiency, ineptitude, ineptness, infancy, inferiority, insufficiency, legal incapacity, maladjustment, maladroitness, mediocrity, minority, pedestrianism, rustiness, skill-lessness, thoughtlessness, unaptness, uncleverness, undeftness, undexterousness, undextrousness, unfitness, unfittedness, unintelligence, unproficiency, unschooledness, unskillfulness, untrainedness, wardship
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