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not able

adj. (usually followed by `to') not having the necessary means or skill or know-how; "unable to get to town without a car"; "unable to obtain funds" [syn: unable] [ant: able]

Usage examples of "not able".

Necessarily, this meant that we were not able to go straight in the direction the patrol's Force-Leader had pointed, but zigzagged to it as the wooded cover permitted.

Mark Torre's theory is that it will show us the back of our heads-some hidden part of the basic Earth human soul and being that those of the younger worlds have lost, or are not able to know.

If you're not able to treat them successfully, at least you can help them manage the illness.

But as was her habit since beginning this quest, she woke instantly, and so he-no, she-was not able to slip out without her knowing.

But as was her habit since beginning this quest, she woke instantly, and so heno, shewas not able to slip out without her knowing.

That first day's verdict made him a fool, and he was not able to get it set aside, or even modified.

And I have seen a great lord with his mouth so crammed, that when he had crept to the proper distance from the throne, he was not able to speak a word.

I can see 'em now, not able to stand upright with the pressing of the mob, and dragging him along amongst 'em.

But what shall I think upon in this Communion in approaching my Lord, whom I am not able worthily to honour, and nevertheless whom I long devoutly to receive?

My son and I are not able to tolerate something that could hurt such a thing .

He was not able to realise his ideals, but he had the angel aim by which he idealised his reals.

If thou shalt say that thou art not able to bear much, how then wilt thou sustain the fire hereafter?

Watching it after this, he saw that, when it was not able to keep up any longer, and they had all got a little space ahead, it shot into the wood away from the route, and made a great round, serpentine alone in huge billows of motion, devouring the ground, undulating awfully, galloping as if it were all legs together, and its four stumps nowhere.

He backed and filled and tacked and yawed all over the ward not able to steer himself.

I said, still not able to talk about the one thing closest to roe.