unable [uhn-ey-buhl]
Main Entry:
unable [uhn-ey-buhl]
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: not having talent, skill
Synonyms: can't cut it, can't hack it, can't make the grade, clumsy, helpless, hog-tied, impotent, impuissant, inadequate, incapable, incapacitated, incompetent, ineffectual, inefficacious, inefficient, inept, inoperative, no can do, no good, not able, not cut out for, not equal to, not up to, out of commission, powerless, sidelined, unfit, unfitted, unqualified, unskilled, weak
Antonyms: able, adequate, capable, competent, fit, qualified, skillful, talented
Main Entry: helpless
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: incapable, incompetent; vulnerable
Synonyms: abandoned, basket-case, debilitated, defenseless, dependent, destitute, disabled, exposed, feeble, forlorn, forsaken, friendless, handcuffed, impotent, inefficient, inexpert, infirm, invalid, over a barrel, paralyzed, pinned, powerless, prostrate, shiftless, tapped, tapped out, unable, unfit, unprotected, up creek without paddle, weak, with hands tied
Antonyms: able, capable, competent, enterprising, independent, resourceful, skilled, strong
Main Entry: inapt
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: incompetent; not suitable
Synonyms: awkward, banal, clumsy, dull, flat, gauche, ill-adapted, ill-fitted, ill-suited, improper, inadept, inapposite, inappropriate, incongruous, inept, inexperienced, inexpert, infelicitous, insipid, jejune, maladroit, malapropos, slow, stupid, unable, undexterous, unfacile, unfit, unhandy, unmeet, unproficient, unskilled, unsuitable, unsuited, untimely
Notes: inapt is 'not suitable or appropriate' while unapt is 'not likely or inclined'
Antonyms: apt, competent, happy, suitable, suited
Main Entry: incapable
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: not adequate; helpless
Synonyms: butterfingers, disqualified, feeble, impotent, inadequate, incompetent, ineffective, ineligible, inept, inexperienced, inexpert, inproficient, insufficient, losing, naive, not equal to, not up to, poor, powerless, unable, uncool, unequipped, unfit, unqualified, unskilled, unskillful, unsuited, weak
Antonyms: capable, competent, qualified, strong
Main Entry: ineffective/ineffectual
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: weak, useless
Synonyms: abortive, anticlimactic, barren, bootless, defeasible, feckless, feeble, forceless, fruitless, futile, idle, impotent, inadequate, incompetent, indecisive, inefficacious, inefficient, inept, inferior, innocuous, inoperative, invertebrate, lame, limited, neutralized, nugatory, null, null and void, paltry, powerless, spineless, unable, unavailing, unfruitful, unproductive, unprofitable, unsuccessful, vain, void, withered, worthless
Antonyms: competent, effective, effectual, efficient, powerful, strong, useful
Main Entry: unfit
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: not ready
Synonyms: amateur, awkward, blundering, bungling, bush league, butter-fingered, clumsy, debilitated, disqualified, feeble, heavy-handed, ill-equipped, impotent, inadequate, incapable, incapacitated, incompetent, ineffective, inefficient, ineligible, inept, inexperienced, inexpert, maladjusted, maladroit, no good, not cut out for, not equal to, not up to, unable, unapt, unfitted, unhandy, unpracticed, unprepared, unproficient, unqualified, unskilled, unskillful, untrained, useless, weak
Antonyms: able, fit, qualified, ready, willing
Main Entry: unskilled
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: untrained
Synonyms: awkward, green*, inadequate, incompetent, inept, inexperienced, inexpert, inproficient, not up to, raw*, unable, undeveloped, uneducated, unequipped, unhandy, unqualified, unschooled, untalented
Main Entry: ineffective
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: useless
Synonyms: abortive, anticlimactic, barren, bootless, defeasible, emasculate, feckless, feeble, forceless, fruitless, futile, idle, impotent, inadequate, incompetent, indecisive, ineffectual, inefficacious, inefficient, inept, inferior, innocuous, inoperative, lame, limited, neutralized, no go, no way, not effective, nugatory, null, paltry, powerless, slack-spined, spineless, unable, unavailable, unavailing, unfruitful, unproductive, unprofitable, unsuccessful, vain, void, withered, worthless
Antonyms: effective
Main Entry: ineffectual
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: useless
Synonyms: futile, hopeless, idle, impotent, inadequate, ineffective, inefficient, insufficient, unable, unavailing, unproductive, vain, weak
Antonyms: effective, effectual
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