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Unable

adjective

(usually followed by 'to') not having the necessary means or skill or know-how. "Unable to obtain funds"

(usually followed by 'to') lacking necessary physical or mental ability. "The sun was unable to melt enough snow"

Lacking in power or forcefulness. Synonyms: ineffective, ineffectual. "Like an unable phoenix in hot ashes"

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"Unable" Quotes from Famous Books

... take a bound, and not touch the ground again for fifteen or twenty feet. The Duke and the General were kept rather busy in holding their positions on the seats, and when they saw that I was keeping the horses straight in the road, they seemed to enjoy the dash which we were making. I was unable to stop the team until they ran into the camp where we were to obtain a fresh relay, and there I succeeded in checking them. The Grand Duke said he didn't want any more of that kind of driving, as he preferred to ...

— The Life of Hon. William F. Cody - Known as Buffalo Bill The Famous Hunter, Scout and Guide • William F. Cody

... sincerity of Bug's proposal, and coming, as it did, at a time when Hocker and Jeffries were unable to decide on any feasible plan of action, they were disposed to give ...

— Canoe Boys and Campfires - Adventures on Winding Waters • William Murray Graydon

... "very glad indeed to see Mr. King again." Gratton, whom King remembered with small liking, came up and shook hands, and looked at King in a way which did nothing to increase the liking. Ben, it appeared, had been unable to come this year. King was sorry for that as he looked about him. Only now did he remember the violets he ...

— The Everlasting Whisper • Jackson Gregory

... still, please," he said, in a perfectly cold voice. And he turned and locked the door into the hall. I was absolutely unable to speak. I tried once, but my tongue hit the roof of my mouth like the clapper of ...

— Bab: A Sub-Deb • Mary Roberts Rinehart

... had a terrific test that night, for the bottom was hard, unyielding sand, on which she rose and fell with convulsive vehemence. The last half-hour was for me one of almost intolerable tension. I spent it on deck unable to bear the suspense below. Sheets of driven sea flew bodily over the hull, and a score of times I thought she must succumb as she shivered to the blows of her keel on the sand. But those stout skins knit by honest labour stood the trial. One final thud and she wrenched herself bodily free, ...

— Riddle of the Sands • Erskine Childers

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