State of being disabled; deprivation or want of ability; absence of competent physical, intellectual, or moral power, means, fitness, and the like.
Want of legal qualification to do a thing; legal incapacity or incompetency.
The quality or state of being unable; lack of ability; lack of sufficient power, strength, resources, or capacity.
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【Inability】 , 【disability】 are sometimes confused because of their verbal likeness. Although both denote a lack of ability to perform a given act or to follow a given trade or profession, they are otherwise clearly distinguished.
【Inability】 implies lack of power to perform; it may suggest mental deficiency or tempermental unfitness, but more often it suggests a limiting factor (as lack of means, lack of health, or lack of training).
【Disability】 implies the loss or the deprivation of such power (as by accident, illness, or disqualification); the term is applicable not only to the resulting 【inability】 but to whatever it is that makes one unable to do a certain thing or hold a certain office or position.
