Chief among Nortel's problems is a seemingly chronic inability to sort out its finances.

It is still the trouble with Mr. Coppola, or at least an example of his chronic inability to do anything simply.

Neither is chronic inability to function in society.

This is the Greek government's now almost chronic inability to balance its budget, and so stop itself sliding even more deeply into debt.

The basis of psychosis, in a nutshell, is the chronic inability to see the easy way out.

My chronic inability to invoice means that one magazine has owed me £2,400 since 2001 and now I'm too ashamed to do anything about it.

Just as damaging has been his chronic inability to implement an effective nationalities policy.

This was supposed to remedy their chronic inability to deliver a budget by the April 1 deadline.

Their chronic inability to unite played into his hands at every turn.

In Russia, his image is more shaded by his sometimes naked ambition and his chronic inability to get along.