Unable \Un*a"ble\, a.
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.
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Sapless age and weak unable limbs. --Shak.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
unable
adj 1: (usually followed by `to') not having the necessary means or
skill or know-how; "unable to get to town without a
car"; "unable to obtain funds" [syn: not able] [ant:
able]
2: (usually followed by `to') lacking necessary physical or
mental ability; "dyslexics are unable to learn to read
adequately"; "the sun was unable to melt enough snow"
[syn: unable(p)]
3: lacking in power or forcefulness; "an ineffectual ruler";
"like an unable phoenix in hot ashes" [syn: ineffective,
ineffectual]
WordNet (r) 2.0
25 Moby Thesaurus words for "unable":
ill-qualified, impotent, inadequate, incapable, incapable of,
incompetent, ineffective, ineffectual, inefficient, inept,
inferior, maladjusted, not equal to, not up to, powerless,
unable to, unadapted, unadjusted, unendowed, unequipped, unfit,
unfitted, ungifted, unqualified, untalented
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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