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unable
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Sense: Adjective: not able

Synonyms:

not able, incapable, powerless, impotent, not capable, helpless

Antonyms:

able , capable , effective , competent , qualified , fit , talented , qualified , skillful , suitable , in a position to, cut out for, well-equipped, endowed

Sense: Adjective: unfit

Synonyms:

unfit, unqualified, inept, inexpert, unskillful, unskilful (UK), unskilled, ineffectual, incompetent, not up to, not equal to, ill-qualified

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