unable

adj.

1. Lacking the necessary power, authority, or means; not able; incapable: unable to get to town without a car.
2. Lacking mental or physical capability or efficiency; incompetent: unable to walk.
3. Usage Problem. Not susceptible to action or treatment: a project unable to be financed with government funds. See Usage Note at able.

adjective

Totally incapable of doing a job: incompetent, unfit, unqualified. See ability/inability.

adj

Definition: not having talent, skill
Antonyms: able, adequate, capable, competent, fit, qualified, skillful, talented

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IN BRIEF: Lacking in skill, knowledge or power.

When we are unable to find tranquility within ourselves, it is useless to seek it elsewhere. — Duc de La Rochefoucauld (1613-1680).

Tutor's tip: The weather will "enable" (to make possible) the football game to start, but the home team is "unable" (not able, lacking the ability) to win without their star player.

Dansk (Danish)
adj. - kan ikke, ude af stand til

Nederlands (Dutch)
onbekwaam, ongeschikt, niet in staat

Français (French)
adj. - incapable de faire, impossible de faire, incompétent, ignorant

Deutsch (German)
adj. - nicht fähig

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - ανίκανος, αδύναμος, μη δυνάμενος

Italiano (Italian)
incapace

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - incapaz

Русский (Russian)
неспособный (что-л. сделать), бессильный

Español (Spanish)
adj. - incapaz, inhábil, impotente, imposibilitado

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - oförmögen, oduglig

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
不能的, 不会的

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 不能的, 不會的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 불가능한, ~할 수 없는

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - できない

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) عاجز, غير قادر‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮לא יכול, לא מסוגל‬

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