reduced ability
collocation in Englishmeaningsofdepletedandability
These words are often used together. Click on the links below to explore the meanings. Or,see other collocations withability.
depleted
adjective
uk/dɪˈpliː.tɪd/us/dɪˈpliː.t̬ɪd/
reduced:
See more atdepleted
ability
noun[C or U]
uk/əˈbɪl.ə.ti/us/əˈbɪl.ə.t̬i/
the physical or mental power or skill needed to ...
See more atability
(Definition ofdepletedandabilityfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofreduced ability
These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.
Areducedabilityto develop a memory-assisted perceptual organization is therefore related to the disorganization component of symptomatology.
From theCambridge English Corpus
This improves efficiency, while thereducedabilityto alter inputs to fit together implies greater complementarity between inputs.
From theCambridge English Corpus
One crucial question is whether poor performance on phonological awareness could be a consequence ofreducedabilityin general cognitive skills.
From theCambridge English Corpus
The low basal level of antioxidant activity and its poor recovery in sensitive bacteria are evidence of itsreducedabilityto protect against the stress caused by the ciprofloxacin.
From theCambridge English Corpus
The well-known phenomena of excessive boundary-layer thickening and flow separation are manifestations of thereducedabilityor inability of the flow to proceed to regions of higher pressure.
From theCambridge English Corpus
However, this presumes that the pair had a greatlyreducedabilityto complete courtship with successful copulation and so continue to devote time to courtship.
From theCambridge English Corpus
I speculate that in some seeds, dormancy (areducedabilityto germinate) results when some pre-germination events do not follow an essential sequential pattern.
From theCambridge English Corpus
This leads to areducedabilityto increase myocytic calcium uptake, which in turn reduces both myocardial contraction and relaxation.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Schizophrenia thus involves areducedabilityto organize activity into coherent groups, but this only impairs performance when cues to grouping are weak in some way.
From theCambridge English Corpus
The consequent diversion of police effort would be enormous and might, indeed, be reflected in areducedabilityto deal with crime.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
The result is an incredibly low level of morale among staff, frayed tempers and areducedabilityto deal with the public's problems.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
There are insufficient incentive posts and hopelessly inadequate differentials, which means that heads will have areducedabilityto manage their schools.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
That is a measure of recognition of thereducedabilityof those over 65 to pay tax on their investment income.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
That is obviously fair in view of thereducedabilityof the owner to pay and the lesser demand that such property makes on local authority services.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
Then we pay again because of ourreducedabilityto sell into third markets, so any national purchasing policy should be mindful of the industrial implications.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
Also, of course, loss of life will ensue from the reduced service and thereducedabilityof the fire service to fulfil its commitments, including the loss of firemen's lives.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
Surely there is exactly the same degree of additional cost in ordinary living, and therefore areducedabilityto pay in the one case as in the other?
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
Victims of kwashiorkor commonly exhibit areducedabilityto recover fluids, immune system failure, and low lipid absorption, all of which result from severe undernourishment.
From
Wikipedia
The absence of grounding information results inreducedabilityto read and understand social cues.
From
Wikipedia
Among the psychological effects of long-term use of benzodiazepines discussed was areducedabilityto cope with stress.
From
Wikipedia
These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.
Want to learn more?
Go to the definition ofdepleted
Go to the definition ofability
See other collocations withability