| Pronunciation: | | un'eybul
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| Matching Terms: | | unable to help, unable(p), unabled, unableness
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- [adj] (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"
- [adj] lacking in power or forcefulness; "an ineffectual ruler"; "like an unable phoenix in hot ashes"
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| | Synonyms: | | impotent, ineffective, ineffectual, not able |
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| | Antonyms: | | able |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \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.
Sapless age and weak unable limbs. --Shak.
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