unable
/ʌnˈeɪb(ə)l
/adjective [with infinitive]
Lacking the skill, means, or opportunity to do something: she was unable to conceal her surprise...
- We have a government that is pathologically unable to say what it is actually about.
- One problem that could occur is if property owners are unable to let out the house.
- It concerns a boy desperate to obtain his mother's love, a love she is unable to give.
Synonyms
not able, powerless, impotent, not up/equal to, at a loss, inadequate, ineffectual, incompetent, unfit, unfitted, unqualified;
incapable of
literary impuissant
- superpose
- superposit
- superposition
- superpower
- superpowered
- superprofit
- superpronation
- superproportioned
- superpub
- superpurgation
- superradiance
- superradiant
- super-rat
- super-rational
- super-real
- super-realism
- super-realist
- superrealistic
- superreality
- superregeneration
- superregenerative
- superregenerator
- super-rich
- superrotate
- predestinationism