I tried to reach you on the phone, but I was unable to get through.
Source: tatoeba (16440)
Unable
//ʌnˈeɪbl̩//
Synonyms for "unable" (36 found)
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Closest matches (8)
Strong matches (10)
Related words (18)
Related word relations
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Antonyms
2 entriesSynonyms
1 entriesRelated terms
1 entriesderived
2 entriesderived from
1 entrieshas context
1 entriesnot has_property
1 entriesrelated to
6 entriessimilar
3 entriesTranslations
35 translations across 23 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- عَاجِز adj (not able)
Bulgarian
1 entries- неспосо́бен adj (not able)
Catalan
1 entries- incapaç adj (not able)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 不会 adj (not able)
- 不可以 adj (not able)
- 不能 adj (not able)
- 不能够 adj (not able)
Czech
1 entries- neschopný adj (not able)
Dutch
2 entries- niet in staat adj (not able)
- onbekwaam adj (not able)
Esperanto
2 entries- nekapabla adj (not able)
- senpova adj (not able)
Finnish
2 entries- kykenemätön adj (not able)
- kyvytön adj (not able)
French
1 entries- incapable adj (not able)
Georgian
2 entries- უძლური adj (not able)
- შეუძლებელი adj (not able)
German
2 entries- außerstanden adj (not able)
- unfähig adj (not able)
Greek
1 entries- ανίκανος adj (not able)
Hindi
1 entries- असमर्थ adj (not able)
Hungarian
1 entries- képtelen adj (not able)
Ido
1 entries- nekapabla adj (not able)
Italian
1 entries- incapace adj (not able)
Māori
1 entries- tē taea adj (not able)
Portuguese
1 entries- incapaz adj (not able)
Romanian
3 entries- incapabil adj (not able)
- incompetent adj (not able)
- neputincios adj (not able)
Russian
1 entries- неспосо́бный adj (not able)
Spanish
2 entries- impotente adj (not able)
- incapaz adj (not able)
Swedish
1 entries- oförmögen adj (not able)
Woiwurrung
1 entries- mon-tooleen-narr adj (not able)
Sample sentences
15 total sentences available.
We were unable to follow his logic.
Source: tatoeba (22729)
We were unable to make contact with them until it was too late.
Source: tatoeba (23498)
Unable to pay the rent, I asked him for assistance.
Source: tatoeba (24048)
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