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All unable synonyms

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adj unable

  • gawkish — awkward; ungainly; clumsy.
  • incapable — not capable.
  • inapt — not apt or fitting.
  • ham-handed — clumsy, inept, or heavy-handed: a ham-handed approach to dealing with people that hurts a lot of feelings.
  • helpless — unable to help oneself; weak or dependent: a helpless invalid.
  • anticlimactic — of, having, or like an anticlimax
  • appetent — having an eager longing or desire
  • ineffective — not effective; not producing results; ineffectual: ineffective efforts; ineffective remedies.
  • in-effective — not effective; not producing results; ineffectual: ineffective efforts; ineffective remedies.
  • clownish — If you describe a person's appearance or behaviour as clownish, you mean that they look or behave rather like a clown, and often that they appear rather foolish.
  • clumsy — A clumsy person moves or handles things in a careless, awkward way, often so that things are knocked over or broken.
  • ineffectual — not effectual; without satisfactory or decisive effect: an ineffectual remedy.
  • anti-climactic — of, like, pertaining to, or expressing anticlimax.
  • all thumbs — clumsy
  • invertebrate — Zoology. not vertebrate; without a backbone. of or relating to creatures without a backbone.
  • impatient — not patient; not accepting delay, opposition, pain, etc., with calm or patience.
  • ill-equipped — badly or inadequately equipped: an ill-equipped army.
  • inefficacious — not able to produce the desired effect; ineffective.
  • ill-fitted — badly or uncomfortably fitted: an ill-fitted denture.
  • lubberly — of or resembling a lubber.
  • butter-fingered — a person who frequently drops things; clumsy person.
  • inapposite — not apposite; not pertinent.
  • defeasible — (of an estate or interest in land) capable of being defeated or rendered void
  • butterfingered — a person who frequently drops things; clumsy person.

adjective unable

  • incompetent — not competent; lacking qualification or ability; incapable: an incompetent candidate.
  • forceless — Without force.
  • inadept — Not adept.
  • impotent — not potent; lacking power or ability.
  • ineligible — not eligible; not permitted or suitable: Employees are ineligible in this contest.
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