inability

Preposition: of

• government: Perhaps this is an example of the inability of local government to live within its means, despite the amount of money it receives.
• state: Harris touches on the crisis engendered by the inability of the state to deliver the welfare standards that the masses still demand.
• patient: Findings The study was discontinued because the inability of patients to tolerate the therapy.

Converse of subject

• frustrate: The two sides repaired to the ' Shoes for refreshment but were frustrated by an inability to get served.
• accompany: She had been suffering increasingly with bouts of depression, accompanied by an inability to write, since the early 1940s.
• cause: In a few cases the intestinal pain is caused by inability to digest cow's milk.

Converse of object

• perceive: Stress can be defined as a perceived inability to cope with an unpleasant or painful life situation.
• suppose: Supposing that these arguments are sound, what conclusion does Nāgārjuna wish us to draw from our supposed inability to theorize reality?
• demonstrate: This would demonstrate an inability to consider what Sally's beliefs are.
• indicate: Within yourself the reversed Pope indicates an inability to connect with our higher self and a lack of trust in our intuition.
• highlight: It highlights the inability of the research to measure the impact of poor basic skills on industry or regional productivity.
• reflect: In some cases, the corporate failures reflect an inability to resolve temporary liquidity problems affecting a company that remains viable in the longer-term.

Adjective modifier

• seeming: With a seeming inability to rest; to stop what they're doing.
• utter: Rimmer's failings are down to his utter inability to leap the hurdle of his own self-loathing.
• apparent: Agency Turmoil Recent attacks on Scottish Screen have focused on the agency's apparent inability to invest in features that are certain box office winners.
• consequent: The insensitivity of the male protagonist and his consequent inability to satisfy the basic needs of the female is thus a recurring theme.
• pathological: This is a sign of a pathological inability to grasp this country's reality.
• chronic: However, given the chronic American inability to understand geography, they were reported as coming from Lapland rather than Iceland.

Possessives

• government: Marked differences might stem from the government's inability to tell the truth on this issue, or even stick to the same lie.
• body: Osteoporosis occurs as a result of the body's inability to absorb sufficient levels of calcium.