unable

Speech parts

1. unable - Adjective

2. unable - Verb

3. unable - Interjection

4. unable - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

Not able; not having sufficient strength, means, knowledge, skill, or the like; impotent' weak; helpless; incapable; -- now usually followed by an infinitive or an adverbial phrase; as, unable for work; unable to bear fatigue.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

impossible disabled ineffective incapable unfit incompetent powerless incapacitated inept ineffectual unsuitable not able ability weak insufficient
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Antonyms

able can good great strong ace
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Phrases with the word

unable to continue unable to can unable to unable to defend oneself be unable to afford unable to see well

Anagrams

nebula Buelna Nabeul unbale leuban

Examples

Without the Lord's assistance, we are unable to do anything good. Therefore, we need much humility to find repose for our souls. Ephraim of Arizona

What is hell? I maintain that it is the suffering of being unable to love. Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Except a man fear the Lord, he is unable to renounce sin. Ambrose

He, who does not seize opportunity today, will be unable to seize tomorrow's opportunity. Somali Proverb

He who is unable is always willing. Italian Proverb

He who is unable to dance blames it in the stony yard. Kenyan Proverb

Close letter words and terms

unabjured unablated unablauted unable box unable to unable to be repaired