inability

Example Sentences

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Raman has said that her decision to run was driven in part by her frustration with city leaders’ inability to get the basics right, such as fixing streetlights and paving streets.

From Los Angeles Times

Silverblatt was shy and too embarrassed to speak during class because of his inability to clearly pronounce the letter “L,” which appears three times in his own name.

From Los Angeles Times

It’s his inability to flatter with formulaic language that ultimately causes him to be banished from Rome.

From The Wall Street Journal

Marge’s inability to comprehend the motivation behind these crimes is her greatest asset.

From Salon

Yet the film delights in the all-too-human inability to articulate a firm vision of a place or concept as amorphous as heaven.

From The Wall Street Journal