| Main Entry: | inability |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | disabling lack of talent, skill |
Synonyms: |
disqualification, failure, frailty, impotence, inadequacy, inaptitude, incapability, incapacitation, incapacity, incompetence, ineffectiveness, ineffectualness, inefficacy, inefficiency, ineptitude, ineptness, insufficiency, inutility, lack, necessity, powerlessness, shortcoming, unfitness, weakness |
| Notes: | debility is the state of being weak in health or body; disability is the condition of being unable to perform as a consequence of physical or mental unfitness; inability is lack of mental ability or physical ability to do something |
Antonyms: |
ability, capacity, competence, skill, talent |
| Main Entry: | awkwardness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | clumsiness; inelegance |
Synonyms: |
amateurishness, artlessness, boorishness, cloddishness, coarseness, crudeness, gawkiness, gracelessness, greenness, ignorance, inability, incompetence, ineptitude, ineptness, inexpertness, maladroitness, oafishness, rudeness, tactlessness, uncoordination, uncouthness, ungainliness, unskillfulness |
Antonyms: |
artfulness, dexterity, elegance, grace, handiness, skill |
| Main Entry: | dependence/dependency |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | addiction, need |
Synonyms: |
attachment, contingency, habit, helplessness, hook, inability, security blanket, servility, subjection, subordination, subservience, vulnerability, weakness, yoke |
Antonyms: |
independence, subtraction, want |
| Main Entry: | disability |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | disadvantage, restriction |
Synonyms: |
affliction, ailment, defect, detriment, disqualification, drawback, impairment, inability, incapacity, incompetency, inexperience, infirmity, injury, invalidity, lack, unfitness, weakness |
| Notes: | debility is the state of being weak in health or body; disability is the condition of being unable to perform as a consequence of physical or mental unfitness; inability is lack of mental ability or physical ability to do something |
Antonyms: |
advantage, fitness, strength |
| Main Entry: | feebleness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | lack of strength; ineffectiveness |
Synonyms: |
debility, decrepitude, delicacy, disease, effeteness, enervation, etiolation, exhaustion, flimsiness, frailness, frailty, inability, inadequacy, incapacity, incompetence, ineffectualness, infirmity, infirmness, insignificance, insufficiency, lameness, languor, lassitude, malaise, senility, sickliness, unhealthiness, weakness |
Antonyms: |
ability, effectiveness, health, heartiness, power, soundness, strength |
| Main Entry: | helplessness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | incompetence |
Synonyms: |
failure, inability, incapacity, powerlessness, weakness |
| Main Entry: | incapacity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | inadequacy |
Synonyms: |
disqualification, inability, incapability, insufficiency |
| Main Entry: | incompetence |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | lack of ability |
Synonyms: |
inability, inadequacy, ineptitude, inexperience |
| Main Entry: | inefficiency |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | incompetence |
Synonyms: |
carelessness, disorganization, inability, incapability, wastefulness |
| Main Entry: | ineptitude |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | incapacity |
Synonyms: |
awkwardness, clumsiness, inability, incompetence, ineptness, ungracefulness |