Her inability to understand the slang, to tell the right kind of jokes, also had the same result.
Perhaps this was the root of their inability to understand each other.
Nighttime is a symbol for people's inability to understand the world around them.
A few weeks ago, an old friend of mine was bemoaning her inability to understand men.
To the first two types of critics, Augustine states that he cannot be held responsible for their inability to understand.
"The reason was the inability to understand what the Clinton program really means."
He experienced an acute sense of frustration at his inability to understand.
Our inability to understand German would be a "big problem," he said.
Aphasia is the inability to speak, read, write or understand speech.
He couldn't imagine it, the inability to understand the simplicity of either 'on' or 'off'.