inability

Example Sentences

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The investigators cited the inability of Ford’s system to detect and respond to a stationary vehicle in the Texas crash.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026

Five years later, his inability to improve his French was a final straw for many.

From BBC • Mar. 31, 2026

And while healthy advertising spending boosted its most recent earnings, there are concerns about its apparent inability to launch a cutting-edge AI to take on ChatGPT, Gemini and Claude.

From Barron's • Mar. 27, 2026

The widening spread between WTI and Brent may be temporary, reflecting stress in financial markets and inability of financial intermediaries and commodities trading firms to arbitrage it away.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 26, 2026

Children mostly outgrow the inability to separate their own knowledge from someone else’s, but not entirely.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker