Advertisement

Advertisement

View synonyms for

not able



Discover More

Idioms and Phrases

see under can't or under main phrase.
Discover More

Example Sentences

Examples have not been reviewed.

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.

From

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.

From

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.

From

"Hopefully I'll feel better when I feel like, physically, I'm not able to have wins over some people," she said.

From

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.

From

Advertisement

Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

Advertisement

Advertisement

Advertisement


notableˈԴdzٲ