Definitions

not able

ADJECTIVE

unable

Synonyms

STRONGEST

helpless impotent inadequate incapable powerless sidelined unfit weak

WEAK

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

Antonyms

STRONGEST

able capable competent fit potent qualified strong sufficient

WEAK

adequate skillful talented

Example Sentences

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At 24, Jeremy Doku is an elite talent, though he was not able to recreate the form he found with Manchester City last season.

From BBC • Jul. 10, 2026

ProPublica and the Tribune were not able to independently confirm this.

From Salon • Jul. 7, 2026

“It’s important to keep in mind that you’re not able to just grow beef supply overnight.”

From Barron's • Jul. 1, 2026

I had a hand injury and I had to do the surgery last December, so for a few months, I was not able to play at all.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 29, 2026

The logic only held until the part where they dropped like a stone from five feet in the air, the broom not able to hold all three of them.

From "Half Upon a Time" by James Riley

not able

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