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inability

i nuh bi li tee

  • n  lack of ability (especially mental ability) to do something
  • n  lacking the power to perform

  • That's especially true when the source of their hunger is not the absence of food supplies but their inability to afford to buy the available food supplies.
  • NASA has no plans yet for any manned expeditions beyond the moon, largely because of its inability to wrest more funds from a Congress whose members are already divided over the .
  • He was grieving for mankind, for man's inability to connect with his fellow man, maybe for the need to dream.
News & Articles

  • Fact Or Fiction: Hedge Funds To Offer New Perks
    Hedge Funds Turn to Gimmicky Promotions to Keep Investors as Their Inability to Ever Beat Any Benchmark Becomes Apparent   NEWYORK – With June turning out to be an ugly month across most financial markets, Hedge Funds are once again losing money. The losses come on top of the industry’s already weakening reputation thanks to back to back years of underperforming major benchmarks. To try to keep ...
    June 30, 2013 - Zero Hedge
  • Hey, It's 15 Years (And A Day) Since Mick Foley Got Thrown Off A Cage
    In keeping with our inability to notice anniversaries until it's too late , we'd like to point out that it was 15 years ago last night that Mankind and the Undertaker faced off in one of the most memorable and brutal wrestling matches of all time. Fifteen years is a long time. For those around the right age, the card for the June 28, 1998 King of the Ring PPV will make you feel old: the ...
    June 29, 2013 - Deadspin
  • Get to know each other, then pass a dang budget
    I’m frustrated and disappointed in the inability of our state representatives to come to an agreement on a budget for Washington state. I encourage legislators to go to dinner with your opponents, off the clock. Get to know each other as caring humans. Bury hatchets and mend fences.
    June 29, 2013 - The Olympian
Quotes

  • Hillary Rodham Clinton in Washington Post
    I feel very strongly we have a co-responsibility,Clinton told reporters, adding: "Our insatiable demand for illegal drugs fuels the drug trade. Our inability to prevent weapons from being illegally smuggled across the border to arm these...
  • Tariq al-Hashemi in USA Today
    People have a right to expect from the government and security agencies protection for their lives, land, honor and property,al-Hashemi said in a statement. "But in the case of (their) inability, the people have no choice but to take up...
  • Robert Gates in Forbes
    During the CNN session, Gates said, "Because of our inability and the inability, frankly, of our allies to put enough troops in Afghanistan, the Taliban do have the momentum right now."

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