英语词汇“inability”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

An inability refers to lacking the capacity to do something. A deaf person has an inability to hear.

If you know that abilities are things people can do — like the ability of a basketball player to dunk the ball — then you might already have figured out that an inability is something a person cannot do. Most people have an inability to dunk a basketball. People who eat too much have an inability to resist food. Often, this word refers to having mental limitations: an inability to think or figure something out. We all have different abilities and inabilities.

WORD FAMILY

inability: inabilities+/ability: abilities, inability/able: ability, abler, ablest, ably, disable, enable, unable/disability: disabilities/disable: disabled, disablement, disables, disabling/disabled: disability/disablement: disablements/disenable: disenabled, disenabling/enable: disenable, enabled, enables, enabling/unable: unablest, unably

USAGE EXAMPLES

Koni attributed his decision to the inability of the government to rule the country.

Washington Post(Jan 02, 2017)

Still, it faced a terminal disease common to many small funds, the inability to attract assets.

Seattle Times(Dec 31, 2016)

But again, this isn’t possible everywhere on the planet: many regions are already limited by their inability to adapt to urban encroachment.

The Guardian(Dec 27, 2016)

1n lack of ability (especially mental ability) to do something

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ability, power

possession of the qualities (especially mental qualities) required to do something or get something done

block, mental block

an inability to remember or think of something you normally can do; often caused by emotional tension

stupidity

a poor ability to understand or to profit from experience

inaptitude

a lack of aptitude

incapacity

lack of intellectual power

unskillfulness

a lack of cognitive skill

analphabetism, illiteracy

an inability to read

uncreativeness

a lack of creativity

incomprehension

an inability to understand

incoordination

a lack of coordination of movements

disfluency

lack of skillfulness in speaking or writing

writer's block

an inability to write

denseness, dumbness, slow-wittedness

the quality of being mentally slow and limited

dullness, obtuseness

the quality of being slow to understand

backwardness, mental retardation, retardation, slowness, subnormality

lack of normal development of intellectual capacities

craziness, folly, foolishness, madness

the quality of being rash and foolish

vacuousness

indicative of or marked by mental vacuity and an absence of ideas

talentlessness

a lack of talent

incapability, incapableness

lack of potential for development

awkwardness, clumsiness, ineptitude, ineptness, maladroitness, slowness

unskillfulness resulting from a lack of training

inefficiency

unskillfulness resulting from a lack of efficiency

amateurishness

something that demonstrates a lack of professional competency

fruitlessness

a lack of creative imagination

unoriginality

uncreativeness due to a lack of originality

cognition, knowledge, noesis

the psychological result of perception and learning and reasoning

2n lacking the power to perform

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unfitness

ability

the quality of being able to perform; a quality that permits or facilitates achievement or accomplishment

unadaptability

the inability to change or be changed to fit changed circumstances

insensitiveness, insensitivity

the inability to respond to affective changes in your interpersonal environment

incompetence, incompetency

lack of physical or intellectual ability or qualifications

incapability, incapableness

the quality of not being capable -- physically or intellectually or legally

insufficiency

(pathology) inability of a bodily part or organ to function normally

inflexibility, rigidity, rigidness

the quality of being rigid and rigorously severe

crassitude, crassness

the quality of being crass--devoid of refinement

tin ear

insensitivity to the appropriateness or subtlety of language

callosity, callousness, hardness, insensibility, unfeelingness

devoid of passion or feeling; hardheartedness

unperceptiveness

the lack of insight and sympathetic understanding

unkindness

lack of sympathy

incapacity

lack of physical or natural qualifications

cardiac insufficiency, coronary insufficiency

inadequate blood flow to the heart muscles; can cause angina pectoris

quality

an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone

单词	inability
释义	inability (once / 828 pages) n An inability refers to lacking the capacity to do something. A deaf person has an inability to hear. If you know that abilities are things people can do — like the ability of a basketball player to dunk the ball — then you might already have figured out that an inability is something a person cannot do. Most people have an inability to dunk a basketball. People who eat too much have an inability to resist food. Often, this word refers to having mental limitations: an inability to think or figure something out. We all have different abilities and inabilities. WORD FAMILY inability: inabilities+/ability: abilities, inability/able: ability, abler, ablest, ably, disable, enable, unable/disability: disabilities/disable: disabled, disablement, disables, disabling/disabled: disability/disablement: disablements/disenable: disenabled, disenabling/enable: disenable, enabled, enables, enabling/unable: unablest, unably USAGE EXAMPLES Koni attributed his decision to the inability of the government to rule the country. Washington Post(Jan 02, 2017) Still, it faced a terminal disease common to many small funds, the inability to attract assets. Seattle Times(Dec 31, 2016) But again, this isn’t possible everywhere on the planet: many regions are already limited by their inability to adapt to urban encroachment. The Guardian(Dec 27, 2016) 1n lack of ability (especially mental ability) to do something Ant\|Hypo\|Hyper ability, power possession of the qualities (especially mental qualities) required to do something or get something done block, mental block an inability to remember or think of something you normally can do; often caused by emotional tension stupidity a poor ability to understand or to profit from experience inaptitude a lack of aptitude incapacity lack of intellectual power unskillfulness a lack of cognitive skill analphabetism, illiteracy an inability to read uncreativeness a lack of creativity incomprehension an inability to understand incoordination a lack of coordination of movements disfluency lack of skillfulness in speaking or writing writer's block an inability to write denseness, dumbness, slow-wittedness the quality of being mentally slow and limited dullness, obtuseness the quality of being slow to understand backwardness, mental retardation, retardation, slowness, subnormality lack of normal development of intellectual capacities craziness, folly, foolishness, madness the quality of being rash and foolish vacuousness indicative of or marked by mental vacuity and an absence of ideas talentlessness a lack of talent incapability, incapableness lack of potential for development awkwardness, clumsiness, ineptitude, ineptness, maladroitness, slowness unskillfulness resulting from a lack of training inefficiency unskillfulness resulting from a lack of efficiency amateurishness something that demonstrates a lack of professional competency fruitlessness a lack of creative imagination unoriginality uncreativeness due to a lack of originality cognition, knowledge, noesis the psychological result of perception and learning and reasoning 2n lacking the power to perform Syn\|Ant\|Hypo\|Hyper unfitness ability the quality of being able to perform; a quality that permits or facilitates achievement or accomplishment unadaptability the inability to change or be changed to fit changed circumstances insensitiveness, insensitivity the inability to respond to affective changes in your interpersonal environment incompetence, incompetency lack of physical or intellectual ability or qualifications incapability, incapableness the quality of not being capable -- physically or intellectually or legally insufficiency (pathology) inability of a bodily part or organ to function normally inflexibility, rigidity, rigidness the quality of being rigid and rigorously severe crassitude, crassness the quality of being crass--devoid of refinement tin ear insensitivity to the appropriateness or subtlety of language callosity, callousness, hardness, insensibility, unfeelingness devoid of passion or feeling; hardheartedness unperceptiveness the lack of insight and sympathetic understanding unkindness lack of sympathy incapacity lack of physical or natural qualifications cardiac insufficiency, coronary insufficiency inadequate blood flow to the heart muscles; can cause angina pectoris quality an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone
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