UNABLE


Meaning of UNABLE in English

adj.

VERBS

▪ appear , be , feel , prove , seem

▪ become

▪ remain

▪ find yourself , leave sb , make sb , render sb

She found herself ~ to meet his gaze.

The accident left him ~ to walk.

▪ consider sb/sth

He was considered ~ to cope with the pressure of the job.

ADVERB

▪ completely , quite , totally , utterly , wholly

▪ increasingly

▪ almost , nearly , virtually

▪ generally , largely

▪ apparently , seemingly

He went on, apparently ~ to stop.

▪ clearly

▪ simply

The staff were simply ~ to cope.

▪ somehow

They are somehow ~ to make the choices necessary.

▪ genuinely ( esp. BrE )

▪ temporarily

Clare nodded, temporarily ~ to speak.

▪ still

▪ currently

▪ constitutionally , physically

He seemed constitutionally ~ to keep quiet.

PHRASES

▪ unwilling or ~

He remained silent, unwilling or ~ to say what was in his mind.

Oxford Collocations English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь словосочетаний .