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Webster 1913 Edition
Unable
Un-a′ble
,Adj.
Not able; not having sufficient strength, means, knowledge, skill, or the like; impotent; weak; helpless; incapable; – now usually followed by an infinitive or an adverbial phrase;
as,
. unable
for work; unable
to bear fatigueSapless age and weak
unable
limbs. Shakespeare
Webster 1828 Edition
Unable
UNA'BLE
, a.1.
Not able; not having sufficient strength or means; impotent; weak in power, or poor in substance. A man is unable to rise when sick; he is unable to labor; he is unable to support his family or to purchase a farm; he is unable for a particular enterprise.2.
Not having adequate knowledge or skill. A man is unable to paint a good likeness; he is unable to command a ship or an army.Definition 2024
unable
unable
English
Adjective
unable (comparative more unable, superlative most unable)
- Not able; lacking a certain ability.
- 2011 December 21, Tom Rostance, “Fulham 0-5 Man Utd”, in BBC Sport:
- Fulham switched off as Giggs took a quick corner to Valencia. He played it back to Giggs, whose cross was headed in by Nani with the lurking Rooney unable to add a touch.
- 2013 June 28, Joris Luyendijk, “Our banks are out of control”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 3, page 21:
- Seeing the British establishment struggle with the financial sector is like watching an alcoholic […]. Until 2008 there was denial over what finance had become. […] But the scandals kept coming, […]. A broad section of the political class now recognises the need for change but remains unable to see the necessity of a fundamental overhaul.
- Are you unable to mind your own business or something?
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Antonyms
Translations
not able
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