Sentence examples for an incapacity from inspiring English sources

The sole defect lay in an incapacity to make the most of the mastery.

But it betrayed an incapacity to be open to change, which is fatal in fashion.

Clinton's comments also belie an incapacity to get her head around the full meaning of Sanders' campaign.

Even then, he seems to have been blessed with an incapacity for shame, a gift for which he had many occasions to be thankful.

The only distinguishing factor they have in common, he said sarcastically, is an "incapacity to lead and govern" and a predilection for arguing that "everything is Menem's fault".

But Roth didn't give up – nor, crucially, did he view his lack of such knowledge in the same way that Kermode did, as an "incapacity".

Individuals without a disability pension had an 8.1% incapacity for work, if it was solely due to AS.

In later years, a severe incapacity resulting from a fall from a horse provided him with the leisure to write.

Yet alongside the glib charm of these psychopaths was a kind of moral blindness, an apparent incapacity to feel moral sentiments such as guilt and empathy.

She described the 41,000-population municipality's relationship with PG&E as "difficult" and criticized the PUC for "demonstrating an appalling incapacity to deal with the issues in a straightforward manner and in a timely way".

Others state that Chan, despite his good qualities, reinforces certain East Asian stereotypes, such as an alleged incapacity to speak fluent English and the possession of an overly tradition-bound and subservient nature.