gaucheness

noun

Definition of gauchenessnext
as in awkwardness

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  1. disability
  2. inability
  3. incapacity
Noun
  • For service animals assisting people with disabilities, dogs are often permitted to accompany their owner in the cabin without a carrier, though documentation is required.
    Andy Biggs, Newsweek, 24 Dec. 2024
  • How line managers support employees living with disabilities is essential and sets the tone.
    Expert Panel®, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
Definition of disability
Noun
  • Lindner also spoke ahead of Monday's vote, and blamed the coalition's downfall on its inability to come up with solutions to boost the country's faltering economy, which in turn alienated voters.
    H.J. Mai, NPR, 16 Dec. 2024
  • Infertility is defined as a couple’s inability to conceive after trying for at least a year.7 Medications, assisted reproductive therapy (ART), and lifestyle modifications all play a role in treating this condition.
    Mark Gurarie, Health, 14 Dec. 2024
Definition of inability
Noun
  • The only exceptions would be death, resignation, or physical or mental incapacity to serve.
    Alan Wooten | The Center Square, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 13 Dec. 2024
  • In 2006, at the age of 30, I was diagnosed with a rare, progressive, genetic muscle wasting disease called Hereditary Inclusion Body Myopathy (or GNE Myopathy) that leads to tetraplegia, severe incapacity of one’s arms, legs, and torso.
    Cara Elizabeth Yar Khan, TIME, 3 Dec. 2024
Definition of incapacity
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gauche

gaucheness

gaucho

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