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The quality or state of being unable; lack of ability; want of sufficient power, strength, resources, or capacity.

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  1. n. The quality or state of being unable; lack of ability; want of sufficient power, strength, resources, or capacity.
  2. n. lack of ability (especially mental ability) to do something
  3. n. lacking the power to perform
  4. The quality or state of being unable; lack of ability; want of sufficient power, strength, resources, or capacity. It is not from an inability to discover what they ought to do, that men err in practice. Blair. Syn. -- Impotence; incapacity; incompetence; weakness; powerlessness; incapability. See Disability.
  5. The quality or state of being unable; lack of ability; want ofsufficient power, strength, resources, or capacity.It is not from an inability to discover what they ought to do, thatmen err in practice. Blair.
  6. n:100 n. lack of ability (especially mental ability) to do something n. lacking the power to perform