Inhability

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    unsuitableness; inability obsolete

    "Wisedom conferrs : whatever evil blind ignorance, false presumption, unwary credulity, precipitate rashness, unsteady purpose, ill contrivance, backwardness, inhability, unwieldiness and confusion of thought beget."

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"Wisedom conferrs : whatever evil blind ignorance, false presumption, unwary credulity, precipitate rashness, unsteady purpose, ill contrivance, backwardness, inhability, unwieldiness and confusion of thought beget."

Etymology

From in- + hability (“ability”). Compare French inhabileté, inhabilité. See inability.

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