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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But city officials were not given details about the operation, and were not able to notify the public until hours before the training began.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 6, 2026

Another said they were not able to access online banking on the app or the website.

From BBC • Jun. 3, 2026

“It’s a proof point of something more fundamental which is wrong in the general economy—that people are not able to buy new cars.”

From The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 2026

"There is a lot of social stigma, they are afraid... They have a feeling that even if you get old, it is natural that they are not able to see."

From Barron's • May 27, 2026

I cast my eyes away, not able to sit with this, to talk about it anymore, to face him.

From "Internment" by Samira Ahmed

not able

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