Synonyms for unable

Grammar : Adj

Spell : uhn-ey-buh l

Phonetic Transcription : ʌnˈeɪ bəl

Top 10 synonyms for unable

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Définition of unable

Origin : late 14c., "lacking in ability, incapable," from un- (1) "not" + able. Modeled on Old French inhabile or Latin inhabilis.

adj not having talent, skill

Example sentences :

Still he reflected that he would be unable to get out, and in the morning he could go for the constable.
Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger

That he was unable to do, even if it were true, which he doubted.
Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson

"Then come and dine here," said Dick, unable to refuse a neighbour hospitality.
Extract from : « Viviette » by William J. Locke

All this had happened so quickly that Will was unable to hinder it.
Extract from : « The Raid From Beausejour; And How The Carter Boys Lifted The Mortgage » by Charles G. D. Roberts

She lay looking about her, unable for the moment to remember where she was.
Extract from : « Grace Harlowe's Return to Overton Campus » by Jessie Graham Flower

She lay like one dead, and do what she could Hester was unable to bring her to herself.
Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald

If she insisted that she was ill and unable to go back, there would be a fuss.
Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart

They were unable, they said, to accept the terms offered by Archidamus.
Extract from : « Stories from Thucydides » by H. L. Havell

Simply because otherwise he would be unable to realise what he had done.
Extract from : « De Profundis » by Oscar Wilde

If we are unable to assume either of these postures, we may pray in any position.
Extract from : « An Explanation of Luther's Small Catechism » by Joseph Stump

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