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unable
adjective as in not having talent, skill
Strongest matches
helpless, impotent, inadequate, incapable, not able, powerless, sidelined, unfit, weak
Weak matches
can't cut it, can't hack it, can't make the grade, clumsy, hog-tied, impuissant, incapacitated, incompetent, ineffectual, inefficacious, inefficient, inept, inoperative, no can do, no good, not cut out for, not equal to, not up to, out of commission, unfitted, unqualified, unskilled
Example Sentences
"We're physically present but mentally absent, unable to fully engage with the people right in front of us," writes the princess, in an essay that's part of her early years education campaign.
During her first trip to a supermarket, she was unable to tear herself away from the bread aisle - and the sights and smells of so much plenty.
Mr Donald said he subsequently made numerous unsuccessful efforts to retrieve the money from Gavin and had been unable to get a response from his former landlord on many occasions.
Without being formally being sworn in, she has no budget, is unable to hire staff, cannot open her district office or even access her Capitol office.
Like his predecessors, Lecornu was unable to push through a budget to bring down the government's deficit and tackle public debt.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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