Inability
Inability noun - The lack of sufficient ability, power, or means.
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- weakness and inability
- weakness and lack
- necessity and inability
- necessity and lack
- failure and inability
- failure and lack
- defect and inability
- defect and lack
- deficiency and inability
- deficiency and lack
- inadequacy and inability
- inadequacy and lack
- insufficiency and inability
- insufficiency and lack
How words are described
| human | human inability | human lack |
| physical | physical inability | physical lack |
| low | low inability | low lack |
| similar | similar inability | similar lack |
| Other adjectives: short, complete, utter, total, initial, seeming, sheer, obvious, poor, distinct, constant, severe, massive, extreme, absolute, supposed, frequent, general, apparent, chronic, perceived, sudden, resulting, crippling. | ||
Both words in one sentence
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Then again, isn't the inability and lack of need to breathe, regardless of environment, one of the key qualities in defining a vampire?
Source: Batman Can Breathe in Space -
It comes with a side of lack of self worth, inability to connect with others, and lack of ability to express emotions.
Source: Extreme Doormat -
With a high-enough speech skill, you can convince him that even after winning the battle for Hoover Dam, he would not be able to take on the rest of the NCR due to either a lack of forces or an inability to properly sustain his army.
Source: Pyrrhic Victory
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