Category:Inability

In`a*bil"i*ty, n. Etym: [Pref. in- not + ability: cf. F. inhabileté. See Able, and cf. Unable.]

Defn: The quality or state of being unable; lack of ability; want 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.