[notbeforenoun] ~ to do sth (rather formal) not having the skill, strength, time, knowledge, etc. to do sth:
He lay there, unable to move. * I tried to contact him but was unable to. * She was unable to hide her excitement. * Let us know if you're unable to come. * They have been unable or unwilling to resolve the conflict.
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for unable is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Is unable a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, unable is tagged as adjective.
Does unable appear elsewhere on Lughet?
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