Collocation Dictionary
Common collocations with inability in American Collocation
inability
noun
uncountable
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Around 90% of spoken and written English relies on just 7,500 common words.
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- One-star words are commonly used
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What are red words?
Around 90% of spoken and written English relies on just 7,500 common words.These words are highlighted in red and are ranked using a star system.
- One-star words are commonly used
- Two-star words are even more common
- Three-star words are the most frequently used
US
/ˌɪnəˈbɪləti/
complete
complete
sheer
total
utter
What this indicates is their utter inability to deal with any policy issue.
apparent
apparent
seeming
He deplores humanity’s seeming inability to love selflessly.
very bad or unfortunate
chronic
pathological
woeful
There is a woeful inability to learn from past experience.
show inability
demonstrate
highlight
prove
reflect
reveal
show
This simply demonstrates an inability to work together effectively.
overcome inability
overcome
Helen Keller was a deaf and blind girl who overcame her inability to communicate.