how to pronounce inability

/ˌɪnəˈbɪlɪtiː/

audio example by a male speaker

audio example by a female speaker

the above transcription of inability is a detailed (narrow) transcription according to the rules of the International Phonetic Association; you can find a description of each symbol by clicking the phoneme buttons in the secction below.

inability is pronounced in five syllables

press buttons with phonetic symbols to learn how to precisely pronounce each sound of inability

1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

iː

example pitch curve for pronunciation of inability

test your pronunciation of inability

press the "test" button to check how closely you can replicate the pitch of a native speaker in your pronunciation of inability

video examples of inability pronunciation

An example use of inability in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… I think that the inability to touch to …”

meaning of inability

Inability means the state of not being able to do something.

inability frequency in english - C1 level of CEFR

the word inability occurs in english on average 9.7 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C1 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics inability can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that inability can be often used in the following areas:

1) business and work;

2) communication, information, and media;

3) people, society, and culture;