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unable English
Meaning unable meaning
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Synonyms unable synonyms
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Simple sentences
The professor was unable to comprehend what I meant.
He is unable to do it.
She is unable to cope with stress.
Tom is unable to decide which shirt he should wear.
He is unable to start his own family.
I tried to reach you on the phone, but I was unable to get through.
We were unable to follow his logic.
Unable to pay the rent, I asked him for assistance.
I regret to inform you that I will be unable to keep our appointment for February 27.
When he started the book, Hawking was unable to write by hand at all.
Chris could not conceal his sadness when he heard that Beth had been unable to find his valuable watch.
The disease left Mike unable to walk.
I am unable to agree on that point.
Such being the case, he is unable to pay.
Susie was unable to take part in the game because she wasn't feeling well.
Unable to speak, he wrote it on a piece of paper.
We were unable to finish our homework in time.
It seems that Tom is unable to solve the problem.
In the end, because of the disease, he became unable to walk and had to use a motorized wheelchair to get around.
We are sorry we are unable to accept your request.
Without your help, I would have been unable to do it.
I was unable to attend the party, nor did I want to.
I was unable to complete the task.
I was unable to breathe because of the smoke.
Movie subtitles
Since I'm unable to feed my spirit, my powers are becoming weaker.
The woman, who is the reason for my return, I am unable to find. The bearer of this letter, I owe money.
Nana, unable to become a great actress, becomes a great courtesan.
Do you think God was unable to clothe him?
A baffling loss of blood that we've been unable to prevent.
No, I was unable to deliver your letter.
An unnatural loss of blood which we've been unable to determine.
I, myself, unable to keep pace with his mental quirks and fearful of assault. turned down an opportunity to represent him as his attorney.
Unable to nothing.
I tell you that it is harmless. It is unable to do.
Well as I am unable to leave this room until after dark and then most likely on the way that I came, we do have some time on our hands.
You stand in the way not merely of an individual but of a mighty organization, the full extent of which even you with all your cleverness have been unable to realize.
For the first time in 58 years Mr. Chipping has been unable to attend first-day assembly.
After 13 years, Prohibition is dead leaving in its wake a criminal element used to wealth and power but unable, for the most part, to cope with the new determination by an aroused public that law and order should once more reign.
You're unable to get at me, what do you want?
But I have been unable to prove it.
I, myself, unable to keep pace with his mental quirks and fearful of assault, turned down an opportunity to represent him as his attorney.
You seem unable to understand them.
No, I'm unable to see, even if she's yours, that a young man is morally called upon to give up a career at the law to provide his aunt with a favourable opportunity to play to bridge with.
Because of the crowded calendar, I regret the court has been unable to give this case due consideration.
The result is what you see. a woman without any willpower. unable to speak or even act by herself.
My dear, sweet aunties, I'm so full of your delicious dinner. -. I'm unable to move a muscle.
We regret to inform you that we are unable to admit you to our Conservatory, because you are older than the prescribed maximum age limit.
I'm sorry to be unable to offer you anything stronger, but in this house we are only women, you know.
I'm still unable to stop worrying about His Majesty.
Rebecca epitomizes the kind of laissez-faire attitude that I haven't been unable to stamp out around here.
Alright. We know the murder weapon to be a curved pair of grooming scissors, and three of our suspects have been unable to produce theirs.
Will I be unable to satisfy a single one of my desires?
That is because I have decided.. That he knows things that perhaps he is unable to communicate to me.
They were kissing. Jean would be unable.
I'd tried to cheat but. was unable to and so I'd been fired.
Yet if I'd cheated, nobody would've known. because they thought I'd cheated when I really was unable to!
We've been unable to find any.
My reasons satisfy me, Susan. You seem unable to understand them.
Because of the crowded condition of the calendar, I regret to state that the court has been unable to give this case the consideration it merits.
The deadline to pay his debt, expired this morning, and he was unable to pay.
We've been unable to get in touch with your sister.
Miss Mary, the noted star that I have the honour to represent is unable to show us the receipt for the purchase of the diamond.
News and current affairs
It was Japan, the high-tech country par excellence (not the latter-day Soviet Union) that proved unable to take adequate precautions to avert disaster in four reactor blocks.
Cherkesov's deputy remains in prison. Most believe that Putin is unable to intervene in his defense.
It is to these questions that economists have been unable to offer clear answers.
The insurgents in Iraq, as the British admit, were able in just three years to cope with their enemies' technological superiority in a way that the IRA in Northern Ireland was unable to do in 30 years.
A team that is unable to keep going at full speed for the full 90 (or more) minutes, switch from defense to offense quickly with the whole team, and maintain control of the ball to restrict their opponents' movements won't stand much of a chance.
Our people will be unable to live on thousands of acres of contaminated earth for hundreds of years.
What risks do you see emerging should Russia's economy continue to decline, with Putin increasingly unable to reward his political base?
But he was unable to improve the situation or help Iraq's Shias and Sunnis reach a political compromise.
And the US cannot reach an accord with Pakistan without India's consent, which America would be unable to force, especially given that it relies on India to counterbalance China's growing clout in Asia.
And yet, each time, gun owners scream that freedom will be eliminated if they are unable to buy assault weapons and 100-round clips.
Some European governments have evolved strong human rights polices but, for a variety of reasons, they have been unable, individually or collectively, to exert the influence of the US.
Likewise, he has been unable to get Republican Vice-Presidential candidate Paul Ryan to endorse his own Medicare cost-control proposals.
In Iraq alone, the administration misestimated the threat of WMD, failed to plan adequately for the occupation, and then proved unable to adjust quickly when things went wrong.
But the need for spending cuts also raises the prospect that the US might be unable to finance a military shift toward the Asia-Pacific region - or, worse, that it will be forced to retrench there.
Most believe that Putin is unable to intervene in his defense.
In both places, other policymaking entities, with much better tools at their disposal, appear either unwilling or unable to play their part.
However, many of these plants are unable to keep up with rapid population growth and attendant increases in demand.
Although rapidly aging Western countries are unable to attract the immigrants they need, they allow millions who are already there to suffer discrimination and abuse.
Beyond the resentment that such an attitude engenders, American exemptionalism directly undermines multilateral institutions' capacity to address challenges that the US is unwilling or unable to resolve on its own.
So why have the Europeans been unable to sustain improvements in both foundations of growth - employment and productivity - at the same time?
It is a sad reflection on the state of the EU that it seems unable to agree on the one clear productivity-advancing piece of legislation when improving productivity is held out as a shared goal.
The main weakness of Latin America's economies is that they will be unable to generate the type of rapid and sustained growth required to create jobs and reduce inequality and poverty.