unable

Definition:
1. Not having the necessary means or skill or know-how.
2. Lacking necessary physical or mental ability.
3. Lacking in power or forcefulness.

Use 'unable' in a sentence:

• 1. She was unable to attend because of the pressures of work.
• 2. She was unable, or unwilling, to give me any further details.
• 3. She was unable, for once, to control and manipulate events.
• 4. She was unable to grasp how to do it.
• 5. He stood staring at the dead body, unable to comprehend.
• 6. She is unable to conceive.
• 7. He was unable to hide his unease at the way the situation was developing.
• 8. She was unable to keep up the pretence that she loved him.
• 9. She was unable to keep back her tears.
• 10. He found John pacing around the house, unable to sleep.
• 11. The computer program was unable to discriminate between letters and numbers.
• 12. Those unable shall come with us.
• 13. He was unable to contain his own destructive feelings.
• 14. I was unable to attend because of a previous engagement.
• 15. I regret that I am unable to accept your kind invitation.
• 16. His natural mother was unable to care for him so he was raised by an aunt.
• 17. She was unable to suppress her anger.
• 18. She was unable to contain her excitement.
• 19. She had shown herself unable to deal with money.
• 20. He is unable to relate to other people.
• 21. She was unable to tear her eyes away from him.
• 22. The road was so narrow that cars were unable to pass.
• 23. I tried to contact him but was unable to.
• 24. The company was unable to match his current salary.
• 25. I found myself unable to speak.
• 26. He was unable to contact Blake by radio.
• 27. The police were unable to gain entrance to the house.
• 28. Hundreds of people were unable to gain admittance to the hall.
• 29. The police have been unable to serve a summons on him.
• 30. She was unable to find employment.
• 31. She was unable to restrain her desperate anger.
• 32. The company has been unable to fill the post.
• 33. I was unable to shake off my self-pity.
• 34. She was unable to attend because of the pressure of work.
• 35. The boat was unable to make much headway against the tide.
• 36. The company is unable to absorb such huge losses.
• 37. Doctors were unable to save him.
• 38. Doctors were unable to save her.
• 39. The system is unable to log you on.
• 40. They were unable to mobilize the resources they needed.
• 41. The party has been unable to attract upwardly mobile voters.
• 42. He lay there, unable to move.
• 43. He was unable to control his sensibility.
• 44. She will be unable to attend because of a prior engagement.