unable

[uhn-ey-buhl] / ʌnˈeɪ bəl /

ADJECTIVE

not having talent, skill

Synonyms

STRONGEST

helpless impotent inadequate incapable not able 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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Yet short sellers are unable to profit by shorting these stocks.

From Barron's

While his dad travelled through Iran in 1984, Mr Hargreaves was unable to do so and instead headed north through Russia, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and Afghanistan, before re-joining his father's original route in Pakistan.

From BBC

When a player is unable to fulfil a task, another can "save" them and receive a "hero token" -- tallied at the end to determine a winner.

From Barron's

With less than three weeks before trial, Parias’ defense team had been unable to schedule any legal visits with Parias since the beginning of his ICE detention, Ortega said in a court filing.

From Los Angeles Times

For instance, why is Mumbai - which publicly harboured dreams of becoming another Shanghai in the 1990s - unable to realise that ambition?

From BBC

unable

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