English-Thai Dictionary

unable

ADJ ซึ่ง ไม่ สามารถ  sueng-mai-sa-mad

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

UNABLE

a. 1. Not able; not having sufficient strength or means; impotent; weak in power, or poor in substance. A man is unable to rise when sick; he is unable to labor; he is unable to support his family or to purchase a farm; he is unable for a particular enterprise.
2. Not having adequate knowledge or skill. A man is unable to paint a good likeness; he is unable to command a ship or an army.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

UNABLE

UNABLE Un *a "ble, a.

 

Defn: Not able; not having sufficient strength, means, knowledge, skill, or the like; impotent' weak; helpless; incapable; -- now usually followed by an infinitive or an adverbial phrase; as, unable for work; unable to bear fatigue. Sapless age and weak unable limbs. Shak.

 

UNABLED

UNABLED Un *a "bled, a.

 

Defn: Disabled. [Obs. ] B. Jonson.

 

UNABLENESS

UNABLENESS Un *a "ble *ness, n.

 

Defn: Inability. [Obs. ] Hales.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

unable

un a ble |ˌənˈābəl ˌənˈeɪbəl | ▶adjective [ with infinitive ] lacking the skill, means, or opportunity to do something: she was unable to conceal her surprise.

 

Oxford Dictionary

unable

un ¦able |ʌnˈeɪb (ə )l | ▶adjective [ with infinitive ] lacking the skill, means, or opportunity to do something: she was unable to conceal her surprise.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

unable

unable adjective I'm unable to fix the leak: powerless, impotent, at a loss, inadequate, incompetent, unfit, unqualified, incapable.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

unable

unable adjective he was unable to account for the error: not able, powerless, impotent, not up /equal to, at a loss, inadequate, ineffectual, incompetent, unfit, unfitted, unqualified; incapable of; literary impuissant. ANTONYMS able, capable.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

unable

un a ble /ʌnéɪb (ə )l /→able 形容詞 比較なし ｟かたく ｠〖be ～〗〈人が 〉 «…することが » できない «to do » (↔able )▸ We are unable to see anything in the dark .我々は暗やみでは何も見えない ▸ I am sorry I am unable to come .残念ながらそちらに行けません (!cannotの婉曲表現として ) 類義 unableとincapable unable は一時的に不可能であることを, incapable は能力 素質などが欠けていることを含意し, 時に非難の意味を持つことがある .