Hypertext Webster Gateway: "unable"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Unable \Un*a"ble\, a.
Not able; not having sufficient strength, means, knowledge,
skill, or the like; impotent' weak; helpless; incapable; --
now usually followed by an infinitive or an adverbial phrase;
as, unable for work; unable to bear fatigue.
Sapless age and weak unable limbs. --Shak.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
unable
adj 1: (usually followed by `to') not having the necessary means or
skill or know-how; "unable to get to town without a
car"; "unable to obtain funds" [syn: {not able}] [ant:
{able}]
2: (usually followed by `to') lacking necessary physical or
mental ability; "dyslexics are unable to learn to read
adequately;" "the sun was unable to melt enough snow"
[syn: {unable(p)}]
3: lacking in power or forcefulness; "an ineffectual ruler";
"like an unable phoenix in hot ashes" [syn: {ineffective},
{ineffectual}]
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