inability

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But the outside help also highlighted a sobering reality: The government’s inability to deal with the tragedy.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 26, 2026

These include insufficient staffing, and the inability of staff to carry out basic and often mandatory training.

From BBC • Jun. 24, 2026

“I think the inability to seek federal habeas relief would also lead to more people simply giving up on viable claims for immigration relief because they can’t stand to be in detention any longer.”

From Slate • Jun. 18, 2026

For generations, scientists have viewed the inability to regrow lost body parts as one of the fundamental limitations of humans and other mammals.

From Science Daily • Jun. 17, 2026

And what about his inability to see anything except the grand gesture, and the fact that he bought the house without first consulting my mother?

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides