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Meanings of little ability in English

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Usage of little ability in English
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But since her baby's death she had recovered little ability for effort.
Our Nervous Friends — Illustrating the Mastery of Nervousness
2
The protector wanted the resolution to deny, and possessed little ability to resist.
The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol. I., Part E. / From...
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His little ability and scanty preparation makes his achievements all the more remarkable.
Luther Examined and Reexamined / A Review of Catholic Criticism ...
4
Hackers have relatively little ability to identify emotionally with other people.
The Jargon File, Version 4.2.2, 20 Aug 2000
5
He was willing to do anything, but with little ability to help himself.
A Backward Glance at Eighty: Recollections & Comment
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As a result, they've created multiple groups that have little ability to leverage people.
Reuters
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And the left has little ability to demand equal or even remotely fair treatement.
The Guardian
8
He is the uncle of the master-of-camp, and is ignorant and of little ability.
The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 — Volume 25 of 55 / 1635-36 / ...
9
Willing to learn, with little ability to help him on.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 53, No. 330, April 1843
10
They are nearly all of little ability, ignoramuses, uncontrolled, and of most perverse inclinations.
The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 — Volume 13 of 55 / 1604-1605 ...
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Climate change will hit the region -which has little ability to adapt -hard.
The Guardian
12
But although the effect is most unpleasant, very little ability is required to produce it.
Ars Recte Vivendi; Being Essays Contributed to "The Easy Chair"
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Most of them were harmless, and many had at least a little ability at magic.
Death masks
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His father is said to have had little ability, and to have been careless and improvident.
American Men of Mind
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He showed little ability at leadership among the other children, and sometimes Ish had begun to doubt.
Earth Abides
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What little ability I possessed deserted me when I got my back up, and there you are.
Desert Gold
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