unable

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
8
Words With Friends
12
Letters
6
Pronunciation
/ʌnˈeɪbl̩/

Definition of unable

3 senses · 3 parts of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. Not able; lacking a certain ability.
    “Are you unable to mind your own business or something?”
    “Fulham switched off as Giggs took a quick corner to Valencia. He played it back to Giggs, whose cross was headed in by Nani with the lurking Rooney unable to add a touch.”
    “Seeing the British establishment struggle with the financial sector is like watching an alcoholic […]. Until 2008 there was denial over what finance had become. […] But the scandals kept coming, […]. A broad section of the political class now recognises the need for change but remains unable to see the necessity of a fundamental overhaul.”
    “The train operating company owning group warned in early December that it was unable to publish its results for the year to July 3 2021, following an investigation into the running of Southeastern, which was stripped of its franchise in October [...].”
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adj

  1. Not able; lacking a certain ability.
    “Are you unable to mind your own business or something?”
    “Fulham switched off as Giggs took a quick corner to Valencia. He played it back to Giggs, whose cross was headed in by Nani with the lurking Rooney unable to add a touch.”
    “Seeing the British establishment struggle with the financial sector is like watching an alcoholic […]. Until 2008 there was denial over what finance had become. […] But the scandals kept coming, […]. A broad section of the political class now recognises the need for change but remains unable to see the necessity of a fundamental overhaul.”
    “The train operating company owning group warned in early December that it was unable to publish its results for the year to July 3 2021, following an investigation into the running of Southeastern, which was stripped of its franchise in October [...].”

intj

  1. Indicating that a requested course of action is not possible to carry out.
    “"November three seven kilo, climb and maintain twelve thousand." "Unable, we have pressurization problems. Maintaining nine thousand."”

verb

  1. (nonstandard, transitive)To render unable; to disable.

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Etymology

From Middle English unable, unabel, unhable, unhabil, equivalent to un- + able.

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