Antonyms for inability
ˌɪn əˈbɪl ɪ tiin·abil·i·ty

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1. inability

   Antonyms:
   ability, aptitude, capability, capacity, cleverness, cogency, competency, dexterity, efficacy, efficiency, energy, expertness, faculty, force, might, power, qualification, readiness, skill, strength, susceptibility, talent

   Synonyms:
   awkwardness, dulness, feebleness, helplessness, imbecility, impotence, inaptitude, incapacity, incompetence, inefficiency, maladroitness, stupidity, unskilfulness, weakness

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1. • Cognition
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1. inabilitynoun

   lack of ability (especially mental ability) to do something

   Antonyms:
   ability, power

   Synonyms:
   unfitness

2. inability, unfitnessnoun

   lacking the power to perform

   Antonyms:
   ability, power

   Synonyms:
   softness, unfitness

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1. inabilitynoun

   Synonyms:
   incompetence, impotence, incapability, incompetency, inefficiency, disability

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1. brilliance

   Submitted by anonymous on May 7, 2020  

How to use inability in a sentence?

1. Bernard Grasset:

   The chimerical pursuit of perfection is always linked to some important deficiency, frequently the inability to love.

2. Pope Francis:

   It is a continuing tragedy in our world that so many communities are at war with themselves, the inability to reconcile differences and disagreements, whether old or new, has given rise to ethnic and religious tensions, frequently accompanied by outbreaks of violence.

3. Virginia Woolf:

   I have lost friends, some by death... others through sheer inability to cross the street.

4. William Temple:

   Our present time is indeed a criticizing and critical time, hovering between the wish, and the inability to believe. Our complaints are like arrows shot up into the air at no target: and with no purpose they only fall back upon our own heads and destroy ourselves.

5. Jon Vaughn:

   They've shown the inability to police themselves on a consistent basis, as pertains to sexual assault.

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