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unable
adjective as in not having talent, skill
Strongest matches
helpless, impotent, inadequate, incapable, not able, powerless, sidelined, unfit, weak
Weak matches
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
Example Sentences
The couple, however, were unable to see who was outside in the dark and initially thought it might be a prank.
"The senior citizen was trapped on an upper floor... and unable to get assistance," he told radio outlet DZMM.
In 2023, Disney and Charter Communications were unable to iron out a new contract by their deadline, resulting in a 10-day blackout of Disney channels on Charter’s Spectrum service.
Officers arrived at the site within 18 minutes and searched the area, but were unable to locate or identify the man.
It meant students in China due to study at Sheffield Hallam were unable to access the enrolment website, arrange their welcome or airport pick up in the UK, or course information.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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