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un‧a‧ble /ʌnˈeɪbəl/ adjective [not before noun]
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Synonyms & Related Wordsunable[adjective]Synonyms: incapable, impotent, ineffectual, powerless, unfit, unqualified
[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲
English Dictionaryun‧a‧ble W2 /ʌnˈeɪb
əl/
adjective [not before noun] [
Word Family: noun:
ability ≠
inability,
disability;
adjective:
able ≠
unable,
disabled;
verb:
enable ≠
disable;
adverb:
ably]
not able to do something ⇒
inabilityunable to do something
Lucy was unable to find out what had happened. Unable to sleep, I got up and made myself a drink.
REGISTERIn everyday English, people usually say that they
can't/couldn't do something rather than
are/were unable to do something:
She couldn't find out what had happened. [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲
Collocationsunable adj. VERBS appear, be, feel, look, prove, seem | become | remain | find yourself, leave sb, make sb She found herself unable to meet his gaze. The accident left him unable to walk.
deem sth The road was deemed unable to cope with increased traffic. ADV. completely, quite, totally, utterly, wholly | increasingly | almost, nearly, virtually | apparently, seemingly He went on, apparently unable to stop.
genuinely | generally | temporarily Clare nodded, temporarily unable to speak.
still | constitutionally, physically He seemed constitutionally unable not to give his opinion on anything and everything. PHRASES unwilling or unable He remained silent, unwilling or unable to say what was in his mind. [TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲