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incapacity

 noun
     
in‧ca‧pa‧ci‧ty [singular, uncountable] formal
lack of the ability to do things or to do something:
temporary incapacity through illness
mental/physical/intellectual etc incapacity
Evidence of his mental incapacity was never produced in court.
incapacity to do something
The main problem is the author's incapacity to convey his ideas.
Definition from the Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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