Inability — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

lack of ability (especially mental ability) to do something

lacking the power to perform

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/ɪnɐbˈɪləɾi/

🇬🇧British English

/ɪnɐbˈɪləti/

🇮🇳Indian English

/ɪnɐbˈɪləti/

5 syllables Say it as /ɪnɐbˈɪləɾi/.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

unfitness

Antonyms

ability

Word Forms

unfit

adjective

not in good physical or mental condition; out of condition

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

Unfähigkeit

mangelnde Fähigkeit (insbesondere geistige Fähigkeit), etwas zu tun

🇫🇷French

incapacité

manque de capacité (surtout mentale) à faire quelque chose

🇪🇸Spanish

incapacidad

falta de capacidad (especialmente capacidad mental) para hacer algo

🇮🇹Italian

incapacità

mancanza di capacità (soprattutto capacità mentale) di fare qualcosa

🇳🇱Dutch

onvermogen

gebrek aan vermogen (vooral mentaal vermogen) om iets te doen

🇵🇹Portuguese

incapacidade

falta de habilidade (especialmente habilidade mental) para fazer algo

🇷🇺Russian

неспособность

отсутствие способности (особенно умственной способности) что-то сделать

India

🇮🇳Hindi

अक्षमता

कुछ करने की क्षमता (विशेषकर मानसिक क्षमता) की कमी

🇧🇩Bengali

অক্ষমতা

কিছু করার ক্ষমতার অভাব (বিশেষত মানসিক ক্ষমতা)

🇮🇳Tamil

இயலாமை

ஏதாவது செய்யும் திறன் (குறிப்பாக மன திறன்) இல்லாமை

🇮🇳Telugu

అసమర్థత

ఏదైనా చేయగల సామర్థ్యం (ముఖ్యంగా మానసిక సామర్థ్యం) లేకపోవడం

🇮🇳Marathi

असमर्थता

काहीतरी करण्याची क्षमता (विशेषत: मानसिक क्षमता) अभाव

🇮🇳Gujarati

અસમર્થતા

કંઈક કરવાની ક્ષમતા (ખાસ કરીને માનસિક ક્ષમતા) નો અભાવ

🇮🇳Kannada

ಅಸಮರ್ಥತೆ

ಏನನ್ನಾದರೂ ಮಾಡುವ ಸಾಮರ್ಥ್ಯದ ಕೊರತೆ (ವಿಶೇಷವಾಗಿ ಮಾನಸಿಕ ಸಾಮರ್ಥ್ಯ).

🇮🇳Malayalam

കഴിവില്ലായ്മ

എന്തെങ്കിലും ചെയ്യാനുള്ള കഴിവിൻ്റെ അഭാവം (പ്രത്യേകിച്ച് മാനസിക കഴിവ്).

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਅਯੋਗਤਾ

ਕੁਝ ਕਰਨ ਦੀ ਯੋਗਤਾ (ਖ਼ਾਸਕਰ ਮਾਨਸਿਕ ਯੋਗਤਾ) ਦੀ ਘਾਟ

🇵🇰Urdu

نااہلی

کچھ کرنے کی صلاحیت (خاص طور پر ذہنی صلاحیت) کی کمی

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

无力

缺乏做某事的能力（尤其是心理能力）

🇯🇵Japanese

無能

何かをする能力（特に精神的能力）の欠如

🇰🇷Korean

할 수 없음

어떤 일을 할 수 있는 능력(특히 정신적 능력)이 부족함

🇻🇳Vietnamese

sự bất lực

thiếu khả năng (đặc biệt là khả năng tinh thần) để làm điều gì đó

🇹🇭Thai

การไร้ความสามารถ

ขาดความสามารถ (โดยเฉพาะความสามารถทางจิต) ในการทำบางสิ่งบางอย่าง

🇮🇩Indonesian

ketidakmampuan

kurangnya kemampuan (terutama kemampuan mental) untuk melakukan sesuatu

🇵🇭Filipino

kawalan ng kakayahan

kakulangan ng kakayahan (lalo na ang kakayahan sa pag-iisip) na gawin ang isang bagay

🇲🇾Malay

ketidakupayaan

kekurangan keupayaan (terutama kebolehan mental) untuk melakukan sesuatu

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

عدم القدرة

نقص القدرة (خاصة القدرة العقلية) على القيام بشيء ما

🇮🇷Persian

ناتوانی

عدم توانایی (به ویژه توانایی ذهنی) برای انجام کاری

🇹🇷Turkish

yetersizlik

bir şeyi yapma yeteneğinin eksikliği (özellikle zihinsel yetenek)

🇮🇱Hebrew

אִי יְכוֹלֶת

חוסר יכולת (בעיקר יכולת שכלית) לעשות משהו

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The primary meaning of 'inability' is 'lack of ability (especially mental ability) to do something'.

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