inability

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These issues and the team's reltively poor results have meant focus has turned to head coach Alvaro Arbeloa and his apparent inability to maintain control of the dressing room during this turbulent period.

From BBC • May 8, 2026

These can include hopelessness, difficulty thinking clearly, or anhedonia -- the inability to feel pleasure and loss of interest in previously enjoyed activities.

From Science Daily • May 4, 2026

“This all comes back to the Board’s inability to understand the core drivers of the brand’s premium positioning and success.”

From The Wall Street Journal • May 1, 2026

Most closed-end equity funds trade at discounts to their NAV because of relatively high fees and the inability of investors to redeem their shares at NAV.

From Barron's • Apr. 27, 2026

Livingston also was perplexed about his inability to coax the protons to more than seventy-five accelerating steps, a mysterious constraint on the machine’s effectiveness.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik