unable
Example Sentences
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“Europe is entering a decisive decade, and it is unable to act,” he said.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 6, 2026
After having surgery to remove parts of her womb, she noticed her conditions would flare up more frequently, sometimes leaving her unable to get out of bed.
From BBC • Apr. 6, 2026
At one point on Saturday, the toilet was unable to dump its waste overboard, possibly due to a frozen vent line, Nasa said.
From BBC • Apr. 5, 2026
They note that the main culprit was a “catastrophically bad control-room design” where workers “were unable to understand what was going wrong.”
From Slate • Apr. 4, 2026
I stopped, unable to believe what I was seeing.
From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff
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