Synonym: incapable, incompetent, unfit, unqualified. Antonym: able. Similar words: enable, sustainable, able, cable, table, be able to, tableau, variable. Meaning: [ʌnˈeɪb(ə)l] adj. 1. (usually followed by `to') not having the necessary means or skill or know-how 2. (usually followed by `to') lacking necessary physical or mental ability 3. lacking in power or forcefulness.
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211. She has been unable to expunge the details of the accident from her memory.
212. Police have been unable to trace her movements during her final days.
213. He was unable to recognize his assailant in the dark.
214. He is desublimated, totally unable to cope with his desires.
215. The boat was unable to make much headway against the tide.
216. In the dim half-light of evening, I was unable to tell whether it was Mary or her sister.
217. He was immensely ambitious but unable to conceive of winning power for himself.
218. The police cordon was unable to hold back the crowd.
219. Unable to sleep, I got up and made myself a drink.
220. They were unable to prove that she died as a direct result of his injection.
221. The medicine always made him feel dopey and unable to concentrate.
222. Many women of normal weight feel unable to identify with the super-thin models in glossy magazines.
223. The patient was so weak that the nurse was unable to get him up.
224. He was unable to get down from his precarious position on the rocks.
225. As long as these weather conditions prevail, we are unable to rescue the climbers.
226. She was unable to tear her eyes away from him .
227. She failed her exams and was consequently unable to start her studies at college.
227. Sentencedict.com try its best to gather and build good sentences.
228. Earlier reports were unable to confirm that there were any survivors.
229. It's too bad that you are unable to relate to the environment.
230. He was unable to hold down a job after his breakdown.
231. The police were unable to gain entrance to the house.
232. He had been accused of a drug offence but police had been unable to serve a summons on him .
233. The government found itself unable to redeem its election pledges.
234. She had been unable to sleep for three days because of her 13-week-old son's crying.
235. She sent word with her secretary that she would be unable to attend the meeting.
236. He remained silent, unwilling or unable to say what was in his mind.
237. Owing to their intransigent attitude we were unable to reach an agreement.
238. Cullen objected that his small staff would be unable to handle the added work.
239. He was unable to hide his unease at the way the situation was developing.
240. When asked what a £40.35 meal for five people would cost each diner, they were unable to work it out.
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