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not able
Idioms and Phrases
see under can't or under main phrase.Example Sentences
Documents presented to the court said that she had been born to a young student in rural Nigeria, who was not able to care for her.
They were not able to do that when they last won the title in 2020 because of the Covid regulations at the time, so doing it now is a big deal for them.
It issued a statement to ABC7 saying that it is not able to provide specific information on routine daily operations due to the tempo of the agency’s work and high volume of requests it receives.
"Hopefully I'll feel better when I feel like, physically, I'm not able to have wins over some people," she said.
The charity Kinship, which represents friends and families who step in to raise a child when parents are not able to, said the news was a "further blow", after therapy had been disrupted by the delay in renewing the scheme.
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