inability

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• /ˌɪnəˈbɪlɪti/
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• CMU ARPABET: IH2 N AH0 B IH1 L IH0 T IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From earlier inhability (“disqualification for office”), equivalent to in- + ability. Compare Middle French inhabilité, Medieval Latin inhabilitās.

39 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: неспособност (nesposobnost) — lack of the ability to do something; incapability
• Dutch: onvermogen — lack of the ability to do something; incapability
• Dutch: impotentie — lack of the ability to do something; incapability
• Esperanto: nekapableco — lack of the ability to do something; incapability
• Finnish: kyvyttömyys — lack of the ability to do something; incapability
• Finnish: kykenemättömyys — lack of the ability to do something; incapability
• French: incapacité — lack of the ability to do something; incapability
• German: Unfähigkeit — lack of the ability to do something; incapability
• German: Unvermögen — lack of the ability to do something; incapability
• Gothic: 𐌿𐌽𐌼𐌰𐌷𐍄𐍃 (unmahts) — lack of the ability to do something; incapability
• Greek: αδυναμία (adynamía) — lack of the ability to do something; incapability
• Hindi: अक्षमता (akṣamtā) — lack of the ability to do something; incapability
• Hindi: असमर्थता (asmarthatā) — lack of the ability to do something; incapability
• Japanese: 無能 (munō) — lack of the ability to do something; incapability
• Central Kurdish: ناتوانین (natwanîn) — lack of the ability to do something; incapability
• Macedonian: неможност (nemožnost) — lack of the ability to do something; incapability
• Manx: neuablid — lack of the ability to do something; incapability
• Manx: neufondid — lack of the ability to do something; incapability
• Polish: niemożność — lack of the ability to do something; incapability
• Polish: niezdolność — lack of the ability to do something; incapability
• Polish: nieumiejętność — lack of the ability to do something; incapability
• Portuguese: inabilidade — lack of the ability to do something; incapability
• Portuguese: incapacidade — lack of the ability to do something; incapability
• Romanian: incapacitate — lack of the ability to do something; incapability
• Romanian: incapabilitate — lack of the ability to do something; incapability
• Romanian: neputință — lack of the ability to do something; incapability
• Russian: неспосо́бность (nesposóbnostʹ) — lack of the ability to do something; incapability
• Russian: невозмо́жность (nevozmóžnostʹ) — lack of the ability to do something; incapability
• Russian: неуме́ние (neuménije) — lack of the ability to do something; incapability
• Sanskrit: अक्षमा (akṣamā) — lack of the ability to do something; incapability
• Spanish: incapacidad — lack of the ability to do something; incapability
• Swedish: oförmåga — lack of the ability to do something; incapability
• Ukrainian: незда́тність (nezdátnistʹ) — lack of the ability to do something; incapability
• Ukrainian: неспромо́жність (nespromóžnistʹ) — lack of the ability to do something; incapability
• Ukrainian: невмі́ння (nevmínnja) — lack of the ability to do something; incapability
• Esperanto: senpoveco — lack of the option to do something; powerlessness
• Hindi: असमर्थता (asmarthatā) — lack of the option to do something; powerlessness
• Manx: neuchummaght — lack of the option to do something; powerlessness
• Ukrainian: неможли́вість (nemožlývistʹ) — lack of the option to do something; powerlessness