infacility

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noun

The inability to quickly adjust one’s focus when looking from near to far (or the converse).

OriginEnglish facility ← Middle English in- ← Latin in- →
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Meanings

nouninfacility (uncountable)
  1. uncountablemedicineThe inability to quickly adjust one’s focus when looking from near to far (or the converse).

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
  3. Proto-Italic*n̥-
  4. Latinin-
  5. Middle Englishin-
  6. Englishin-
  7. Englishfacility
  8. Englishinfacility

From in- + facility.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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APA

infacility. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/infacility

MLA

“infacility.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/infacility. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “infacility,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/infacility.

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