unable

Definition for unable

adjective as in not having talent, skill

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helpless, impotent, inadequate, incapable, not able, powerless, sidelined, unfit, weak

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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

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For months she was unable to walk without pain and thought she might never kick a soccer ball again.

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A month later, Bawa was given an Interim Suspension Order, meaning he was unable to practise as a physiotherapist until a final hearing.

From BBC

She said it was only when she started to trying for a baby and was unable to get pregnant that her endometriosis, which had caused a cyst on her ovary, was discovered.

From BBC

If OpenAI is unable to reach a parent in the event of an imminent threat to life, it is working on ways to directly contact law enforcement agencies.

From Los Angeles Times

When he hit his historic blast, he was unable to share it with loved ones, so it didn’t seem real.

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