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disability

/dɪsəˈbɪlɪti/
noun
  1. State of being disabled; deprivation or want of ability; absence of competent physical, intellectual, or moral power, means, fitness, and the like.

  2. A mental condition causing a difficulty with an intellectual task.

    "Dyscalculia is math disability."

  3. Want of legal qualification to do a thing; legal incapacity or incompetency.

Synonymsdisqualification, impotence, inability, incapacity, incompetence, incompetency
Antonymsability, capacity, competence, competency, potence, potential

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