unable.
Not able; lacking a certain ability.
Meaning & usage
Not able; lacking a certain ability.
Are you unable to mind your own business or something?
Where this word comes from
From Middle English unable, unabel, unhable, unhabil, equivalent to un- + able.
Indicating that a requested course of action is not possible to carry out.
"November three seven kilo, climb and maintain twelve thousand." "Unable, we have pressurization problems. Maintaining nine thousand."
Where this word comes from
From Middle English unable, unabel, unhable, unhabil, equivalent to un- + able.
To render unable; to disable.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English unablen, equivalent to un- + able.
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