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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I try to upload photos for this article to a document-sharing site - but I'm not able to because of my poor connection.

From BBC • May 30, 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

“It ends up really getting people at a place where they’re not skeptical and not able to tell the difference between what’s voluntary and where the influencer is acting as a paid spokesperson.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 24, 2026

AFP was not able to immediately verify information about the college that was hit.

From Barron's • May 22, 2026

He suggested that maybe the electrons were not able to orbit at just any distance from the central nucleus but only at certain specified distances.

From "A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays" by Stephen Hawking

not able

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