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.
