unable
Use Unable in a sentence
bəl adjective
lacking the necessary power, competence, etc., to accomplish some specified act: He was unable to swim.
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| —adj (foll by to) | |
| 1. | lacking the necessary power, ability, or authority (to do something); not able |
| 2. | archaic incompetent |
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Unable
is always a great word to know.
So is lollapalooza. Does it mean:
| a chattering or flighty, light-headed person. |
| an extraordinary or unusual thing, person, or event; an exceptional example or instance. |
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Example sentences
Toward morning they found themselves unable to feed the fire, which gradually died away.
But eventually they become completely invested in the profession, unable to envision themselves doing anything else.
But they have been unable to manipulate spin well enough to harness it within semiconductor-based devices.
Such a predator would have been unable to take on an adult ornithopod.
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