† unabilityn.

Forms: Also Middle English–1500s unabilite, 1500s unabilitie, unabilitye; 1500s–1600s unhabilitie, 1500s unhabylytee, Scottish wnhabilietie.

Etymology: un- prefix¹ 6, after Old French inhabilité (14th cent.) or medieval Latin inhabilitas inability n.

Obsolete.

The quality of being unable; inability. Frequently const. for, of, to, etc.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > ability > inability > [noun]

unablenessc1380

unabletyc1380

infirmityc1384

unabilityc1475

non-ability1477

inability1500

disability1545

unsufficiency1580

disablement1597

disableness1609

incapacity1611

uncapableness1611

incapability1632

incapableness1632

uncapabilitya1644

incompatibility1659

incompetibilitya1660

uncapacity1681

invalidity1698

disable1827

c1475 (?c1400) Apol. Lollard Doctr. (1842) 28 Þer ontrowþ, and vndisposicoun, and vnabilite to reseyue.

1509 J. Fisher Serm. Henry VIJ (de Worde) sig. Aij I knowe well myne vnworthynes & vnhabylytees to this so grete a mater.

1565 T. Stapleton Fortresse of Faith f. 122^v S. Basill excuseth him selfe of vnabilite to extoll sufficiently the vocation of couent Monkes.

1617 R. Wilkinson Barwick Bridge 31 The highest stile of praise is to professe our unability of expressing.

1644 F. Quarles Barnabas & Boanerges 146 Thy unability for the work, prophesies the impossibility of the reward.

1711 in 10th Rep. Royal Comm. Hist. MSS (1885) App. v. 152 They alleadge for their justification an unability in stopping the foe.

1769 in Publ. Catholic Rec. Soc. (1914) 14 149 Not admitting any Solace but when constrain'd by an absolute Unability.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	unability
释义	† unabilityn. Forms: Also Middle English–1500s unabilite, 1500s unabilitie, unabilitye; 1500s–1600s unhabilitie, 1500s unhabylytee, Scottish wnhabilietie. Etymology: un- prefix¹ 6, after Old French inhabilité (14th cent.) or medieval Latin inhabilitas inability n. Obsolete. The quality of being unable; inability. Frequently const. for, of, to, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > ability > inability > [noun] unablenessc1380 unabletyc1380 infirmityc1384 unabilityc1475 non-ability1477 inability1500 disability1545 unsufficiency1580 disablement1597 disableness1609 incapacity1611 uncapableness1611 incapability1632 incapableness1632 uncapabilitya1644 incompatibility1659 incompetibilitya1660 uncapacity1681 invalidity1698 disable1827 c1475 (?c1400) Apol. Lollard Doctr. (1842) 28 Þer ontrowþ, and vndisposicoun, and vnabilite to reseyue. 1509 J. Fisher Serm. Henry VIJ (de Worde) sig. Aij I knowe well myne vnworthynes & vnhabylytees to this so grete a mater. 1565 T. Stapleton Fortresse of Faith f. 122^v S. Basill excuseth him selfe of vnabilite to extoll sufficiently the vocation of couent Monkes. 1617 R. Wilkinson Barwick Bridge 31 The highest stile of praise is to professe our unability of expressing. 1644 F. Quarles Barnabas & Boanerges 146 Thy unability for the work, prophesies the impossibility of the reward. 1711 in 10th Rep. Royal Comm. Hist. MSS (1885) App. v. 152 They alleadge for their justification an unability in stopping the foe. 1769 in Publ. Catholic Rec. Soc. (1914) 14 149 Not admitting any Solace but when constrain'd by an absolute Unability. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.c1475
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