inability

incapacité

Fait de ne pas pouvoir faire quelque chose.

En anglais simple : The fact that someone cannot do something.

• Her inability to sleep left her tired.
• He admitted his inability to solve the problem.
• An inability to read can make daily life difficult.

Comment l'utiliser : inability to do something (His inability to swim worried his parents.)

Synonymes : incapacity

Contraires : ability

Expressions courantes : inability to cope, inability to work, someone's inability