inability to perform

  • 111Polyglot productions —    In the era of international touring stars, audiences wanted to see celebrity performers like Sarah Bernhardt despite their inability to perform in English. This posed little problem since audiences knew their Shakespeare and other works of the …

    The Historical Dictionary of the American Theater

  • 112prospective — pro·spec·tive /prə spek tiv, prä ˌspek / adj 1: relating to or effective in the future a statute s prospective effect 2: likely to come about: expected to happen prospective inability to perform the contract 3: likely to be or become …

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  • 113inadequacy — in·ad·e·qua·cy ( )in ad i kwə sē n, pl cies the quality or state of being inadequate * * * in·ad·e·qua·cy (in adґə kwə se) [in 2 + adaequare to make equal] inability to perform an allotted function; insufficiency; incompetence …

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  • 114adiadochokinesia — adi·a·do·cho·ki·ne·sia (ə di″ə do″ko kĭ neґzhə) [a 1 + diadochokinesia] a dyskinesia consisting of inability to perform the rapid alternating movements of diadochokinesia. Called also adiadochocinesia,… …

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  • 115ambilevosity — am·bi·le·vos·i·ty (am″bĭ lə vosґĭ te) the inability to perform acts requiring manual skill with either hand …

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  • 116dyskinesia — n. motion impairment, inability to perform intentional movements …

    English contemporary dictionary

  • 117inadequacies — in·ad·e·qua·cy || ɪn ædɪkwÉ™sɪ n. insufficiency; incompetency, ineptness; inability to perform as required; defect …

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  • 118inadequacy — in·ad·e·qua·cy || ɪn ædɪkwÉ™sɪ n. insufficiency; incompetency, ineptness; inability to perform as required; defect …

    English contemporary dictionary

  • 119inadequateness — n. insufficiency; incompetency, ineptness; inability to perform as required; defectiveness …

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  • 120apraxia — [ə praksɪə] noun Medicine inability to perform particular activities as a result of brain damage. Derivatives apraxic adjective Origin C19: from Ger. Apraxie, from Gk apraxia inaction …

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