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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. lack of ability (especially mental ability) to do something;

2. lacking the power to perform;
[syn: inability, unfitness]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Inability \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; lack of sufficient power, strength, resources, or capacity. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

inability n 1: lack of ability (especially mental ability) to do something [ant: ability, power] 2: lacking the power to perform [syn: inability, unfitness] [ant: ability]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

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