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Inability

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

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Block 76% connected

A piece of wood more or less bulky; a solid mass of wood, stone, etc., usually with one or more plane, or approximately plane, faces; as, a block on…

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Illiteracy 76% connected

The state of being illiterate, or uneducated; want of learning, or knowledge; ignorance; specifically, inability to read and write; as, the illiterac…

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Inaptitude 76% connected

Want of aptitude.

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Incapability 76% connected

The quality of being incapable; incapacity.

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Incapableness 76% connected

The quality or state of being incapable; incapability.

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Incapacity 76% connected

Want of capacity; lack of physical or intellectual power; inability.

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Incompetence 76% connected

Alt. of Incompetency

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Incompetency 76% connected

The quality or state of being incompetent; want of physical, intellectual, or moral ability; insufficiency; inadequacy; as, the incompetency of a chi…

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Incomprehension 76% connected

Want of comprehension or understanding.

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Insufficiency 76% connected

The quality or state of being insufficient; want of sufficiency; deficiency; inadequateness; as, the insufficiency of provisions, of an excuse, etc.

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Stupidity 76% connected

The quality or state of being stupid; extreme dullness of perception or understanding; insensibility; sluggishness.

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Cognition 76% connected

The act of knowing; knowledge; perception.

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Knowledge 76% connected

The act or state of knowing; clear perception of fact, truth, or duty; certain apprehension; familiar cognizance; cognition.

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Quality 76% connected

The condition of being of such and such a sort as distinguished from others; nature or character relatively considered, as of goods; character; sort;…

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Ability 94% connected

The quality or state of being able; power to perform, whether physical, moral, intellectual, conventional, or legal; capacity; skill or competence in…

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Ability 94% connected

The quality or state of being able; power to perform, whether physical, moral, intellectual, conventional, or legal; capacity; skill or competence in…

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