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1. WordNet® 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]

2. 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]

Thesaurus Results for Inability:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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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