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Unable

adjective

(usually followed by 'to') not having the necessary means or skill or know-how. "Unable to obtain funds"

(usually followed by 'to') lacking necessary physical or mental ability. "The sun was unable to melt enough snow"

Lacking in power or forcefulness. Synonyms: ineffective, ineffectual. "Like an unable phoenix in hot ashes"

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... endurance or had he been unable to bear the sight of human wickedness and human misery? Or was it the separation from his home, from those dear to him, that ...

— Selected Polish Tales • Various

... poverty. The junta took steps in the early 1990s to liberalize the economy after decades of failure under the "Burmese Way to Socialism", but those efforts have since stalled and some of the liberalization measures have been rescinded. Burma has been unable to achieve monetary or fiscal stability, resulting in an economy that suffers from serious macroeconomic imbalances - including inflation and multiple official exchange rates that overvalue the Burmese kyat. In addition, ...

— The 2005 CIA World Factbook • United States. Central Intelligence Agency

... the US closed down its last military bases on the islands. The Philippines has had two electoral presidential transitions since Marcos' removal by "people power." In January 2001, the Supreme Court declared Joseph ESTRADA unable to rule in view of mass resignations from his government and administered the oath of office to Vice President Gloria MACAPAGAL-ARROYO as his constitutional successor. The government continues to struggle with ongoing Muslim insurgencies ...

— The 2001 CIA World Factbook • United States. Central Intelligence Agency.

... take some refreshment, and for this purpose I was taken to the room of Mistress Catherine. She was there, and had been crying bitterly; she spoke kindly to me, and said she hoped that the sight of me would be a comfort to Miss Vaughan; but she seemed to be unable to talk much. ...

— The Fairchild Family • Mary Martha Sherwood

... the casual inferiority of the armed force within his ken. Cattle and horses increased so rapidly that every few years there was a wholesale slaughter, although the agricultural yield was enormous. What the Missions were unable to manufacture was sent them from Mexico, and disposed of the small salaries of the priests; the "Pious Fund of California" in the city of Mexico being systematically embezzled. The first Presidio and Mission were founded at San Diego in July of 1769; the last at San Francisco in September ...

— Rezanov • Gertrude Atherton

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