Meaning

1 senses
  1. Not able; lacking a certain ability.

    Are you unable to mind your own business or something?

    unfähig, außerstanden

    неспосо́бныйnesposóbnyj

    (usually followed by ‘to’) lacking necessary physical or mental ability

Examples

717 sentences
  1. Tom was unable to help me.

    Том не зміг мені допомогти. — deniko

    ruТом не мог мне помочь. — marafon

    deTom war nicht imstande mir zu helfen. — wolfgangth

  2. I'm unable to help you today.

    Я тобі сьогодні не зможу допомогти. — deniko

    ruЯ не смогу помочь тебе сегодня. — fjay69

  3. We were unable to follow his logic.

    Ми не могли зрозуміти його логіку. — deniko

    ruМы были не в состоянии понять его логику. — Lenin_1917

    deWir konnten seiner Logik nicht folgen. — al_ex_an_der

  4. Tom was unable to wake Mary up.

    Том не зміг розбудити Мері. — deniko

    ruТом не смог разбудить Мэри. — marafon

  5. Tom was unable to complete the job.

    Том не зміг закінчити роботу. — deniko

Translations

6 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
not able:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
not able:

Origin

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

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

Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0 · source

Forms

unabler/more unable, unablest/most unable
Comparativeunabler / more unable Lesson
Superlativeunablest / most unable Lesson

regular

Synonyms

3 synonyms
Close in meaning

Antonyms

1 antonyms

Word family

3 related words

Collocations

12 patterns
  • was unable to
  • unable to do
  • unable to help
  • would've been unable
  • unable to attend
  • unable to answer
  • unable to read
  • unable to get
  • unable to speak
  • unable to open
  • unable to walk
  • unable to buy

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
unable — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto