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Definition of unable
: not able : incapable: such asa : unqualified, incompetentb : impotent, helpless
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Examples of unable in a Sentence
I was unable to afford the trip.
He was unable to play tennis after the injury.
Recent Examples of unable from the Web
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Authorities actively searched for her, but were unable to find her.
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Angelique Kerber is the top seed and the reigning runner-up, but the German has been unable to find her stellar 2016 form so far this season.
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Marissa Mayer, who walked away from Yahoo with $186 million in stock after infamously serving as the last in a long line of executives unable to turn the beleaguered 90s Internet company around, has stepped up to excuse Kalanick.
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Responding officers were unable to find the robber, who is described as a black man in his 30s.
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But preventing and treating such ailments requires time that doctors don’t have in brief office visits, and a degree of daily self-management that many patients have been unable to handle.
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At one point last year, after the previous worship leader had left, the Phoenix at Delray was unable to hold Shabbat services.
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The caseworker said CPS had received several reports from a local school of injuries to the girl during the last year, and the child was unable to tell the caseworker how she was injured, court documents said.
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Students were unable to navigate around the classroom unless the person in the class, who was holding the phone or computer, moved around.
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First Known Use of unable
14th century
UNABLE Defined for English Language Learners
UNABLE Defined for Kids
unable
playDefinition of unable for Students
: not able I am unable to attend.
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