The phrase "a total inability of" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a complete lack of capability or capacity regarding a specific task or situation.
Example: "The team's performance was hindered by a total inability of the players to communicate effectively on the field."
Alternatives: "a complete lack of" or "an utter incapacity for".
To paraphrase Dr. Nora Volkow, director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse, addiction is a total inability of the person to stop a specific behavior that was or still is generating a lot of pleasure but has or will have catastrophic consequences on his life.
Moreover, redistribution of GLUT4 from intracellular compartments to the plasma membrane in the basal state was partly responsible for a total inability of GLUT4 to respond to insulin [45].
"As a escapee from one such institution," he wrote, "my experience is that the ethos … instilled largely consists of overweening arrogance, a total inability to admit errors and a feeling of innate superiority to the rest of the population, leading to such joyous public-school-led adventures as the Iraq war and the banking crisis".
As a escapee from one such institution, my experience is that the ethos thus instilled largely consists of overweening arrogance, a total inability to admit errors, and a feeling of innate superiority to the rest of the population, leading to such joyous public-school-led adventures as the Iraq war and the banking crisis.
A total inability to recognize the needs of anyone else.
Documents from his hearing with a judge say he had shown "incredible carelessness" and a "total inability to manage the successive phases of the emergency".
According to EW, Kinnear's character will have "a mind-numbing lack of discretion and a total inability to pause before speaking..
In this aspect of the debate there seems a total inability to distinguish between futile episodes within the war and the decent purpose for which the war was being fought.
A total inability to overcome it," he says.
Tay is especially reminiscent of Clippy, the vintage Microsoft Word assistant, whose expressive eyebrows and eager demeanor concealed a total inability to help anyone do anything.
When I tried a few old favorite songs, I discovered instead a total inability to sustain a pitch.
