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Common collocations with inability in American Collocation

inability noun uncountable

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.