lack of ability

Synonyms

inability incompetence incapacity ineffectiveness ineptitude clumsiness incapability helplessness incompetency ineptness amateurishness inexpertness inhability

Antonyms

game efficacy prowess autocracy despotism functionality
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Examples

Cowardice... is almost always simply a lack of ability to suspend functioning of the imagination. Ernest Hemingway

As an instructor, you must be able to distinguish between poor performance caused by lack of ability or aptitude on the part of the student and poor performance caused by lack of effort. You should treat the first with patience and the latter with firmness. You must never apply sarcasm and ridicule. Bruce Lee

The easiest thing to do, whenever you fail, is to put yourself down by blaming your lack of ability for your misfortunes. Washington Irving

Fame is hollow. It amplifies what is there. If there is any self-doubt, or hatred, or lack of ability to connect with people, fame will magnify it. Alanis Morissette

Most people who fail in their dream fail not from lack of ability but from lack of commitment. Zig Ziglar

Apart from the fact that I've got a strange job, I do lead a fairly normal life. I do my own shopping. I don't feel constrained by who I am because of what I do; I often feel disappointed by my lack of ability. I get frustrated at myself, but I think everyone does. Robert Smith (musician)

Words in the phrase

lack of ability

Close letter words and terms

lack of lack of a menstrual period lack of a plan lack of academic growth lack of academic progress lack of academic success