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(
unable to
)
Lacking the means to stop doing something or to prevent something from happening
Lacking the skill or ability to do a given task
Lacking sufficient power or strength
Having no real use, point or meaning
Lacking the ability or resources to cope with a given task
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Adjective
▲
(
unable to
)
Lacking the means to stop doing something or to prevent something from happening
incapable of
not able to
unable to
lacking the ability to
not capable of
not equipped to
not equal to
not up to
powerless to
incapable
lacking capability
lacking ability
“He was
unable
to contain his excitement when he heard the news.”
Adjective
▲
Lacking the skill or ability to do a given task
unfit
incompetent
inadequate
inapt
ineffectual
inept
unqualified
inexpert
unskilled
unskillful
clumsy
incapable
inefficacious
inefficient
unfitted
not equal to
not up to
no good
not cut out for
can't cut it
can't hack it
useless
unskilful
amateurish
unprofessional
inexperienced
amateur
bungling
blundering
maladroit
substandard
unequipped
ineffective
inferior
wanting
floundering
unproficient
unsuitable
insufficient
untrained
deficient
not good enough
hopeless
unsuited
dilettante
nonprofessional
not up to scratch
dilettantish
jackleg
crude
bumbling
unapt
undependable
disqualified
ineligible
incompatible
unworkmanlike
cack-handed
ham-fisted
skill-less
not up to snuff
awkward
gauche
pathetic
unhandy
cowboy
unprepared
shoddy
botched
unreliable
lacking
inexpedient
unsatisfactory
inadmissible
a dead loss
inconvenient
lacking ability
hapless
incommodious
not much cop
bush-league
leaving much to be desired
not up to it
improper
unequal
inappropriate
unproductive
ill-suited
inconsistent
defective
not proper
unadvantageous
flakey
US
flaky
UK
hack
inadept
butterfingered
weak
poor
loser
inproficient
green
naive
butterfingers
unpractised
unpracticed
fumbled
not equipped to
untaught
heavy-handed
bush
ham-handed
all thumbs
all fingers and thumbs
slapdash
sloppy
slipshod
ill-equipped
bodged
lousy
futile
impotent
broken
flimsy
powerless
junk
limited
worthless
unequal to the task
out of your depth
not cut out
lacking experience
not know one's arse from one's elbow
not qualified
non-qualified
not prepared
undesirable
raw
incapacitated
uninitiated
helpless
unadapted
farcical
less capable
not have it
out to lunch
unable to do something for toffee
graceless
ungainly
ungraceful
gawky
lumbering
uncoordinated
inelegant
unco
klutzy
stumbling
clodhopping
oafish
gawkish
handless
like a bull in a china shop
unpolished
untalented
gangling
bad
cloddish
unaccomplished
lubberly
coarse
ponderous
stiff
clownish
careless
left-handed
rude
undexterous
fumbling
unrefined
shambling
uncouth
unadept
bovine
rough
backyard
with two left feet
avocational
flat-footed
Sunday
menial
uneducated
unsophisticated
botching
foolish
muddled
artless
faulty
unwieldy
half-baked
cumbersome
wooden
having two left feet
having two left hands
clunky
stilted
suboptimal
subpar
bum
heavy-footed
feeble
not agile
all thumbs
improficient
unartful
nonexpert
talentless
second-rate
uncultivated
unschooled
without finesse
lacking finesse
manual
unversed
labouring
UK
fumbly
unsteady
mutton-fisted
crass
hulking
loutish
lumpish
coltish
bulky
lay
indelicate
slouching
undeveloped
laboring
US
tenderfoot
dabbling
ungifted
rookie
negligent
couldn't organize a piss-up in a brewery
rough-and-tumble
feckless
shiftless
half-cocked
two left feet
rough-hewn
not professional
blue-collar
ill-bred
imperfect
duff
low-skilled
incapable of
unqualified for
untrained for
incompetent at
unable to do something
out of one's element
can't make the grade
not much chop
no great shakes
low-skill
unacceptable
dissatisfactory
wretched
wrong
wack
paltry
lame
crummy
punk
off
sour
heavy
crumby
ill
blunderous
elephantine
labored
US
laboured
UK
accident-prone
more ❯
“He appears
unable
to do the job according to the required standards.”
Adjective
▲
Lacking sufficient power or strength
powerless
weak
impotent
helpless
ineffective
ineffectual
incapable
hamstrung
feeble
impuissant
useless
inadequate
handcuffed
unfit
paralysed
UK
paralyzed
US
debilitated
vulnerable
incapacitated
passive
inert
defenceless
UK
prostrate
defenseless
US
frail
strengthless
dependent
supine
unarmed
resistless
hog-tied
without power
not able
high and dry
with no say
out of gas
over a barrel
can't win
incompetent
inept
weakly
pinned
shiftless
disabled
unfitted
forceless
dud
with hands tied
paper tiger
up creek without paddle
basket-case
toothless
compromised
disadvantaged
disadvantageous
diminished
weakened
restrained
restricted
hapless
needy
needful
reliant
feckless
clingy
destitute
bereft
puny
pathetic
desperate
clinging
without resources
in difficulties
without help
without assistance
unpowerful
lame
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Having no real use, point or meaning
inefficacious
ineffective
ineffectual
useless
futile
fruitless
vain
unproductive
unsuccessful
unavailing
worthless
unprofitable
profitless
abortive
bootless
empty
barren
otiose
inefficient
idle
failed
inadequate
nugatory
impotent
purposeless
inept
incompetent
feckless
inexpedient
feeble
powerless
counterproductive
weak
inoperative
inutile
hamstrung
lame
unfruitful
inferior
paltry
unfructuous
null
anticlimactic
indecisive
forceless
withered
non-successful
to no effect
pointless
hopeless
pathetic
to no avail
poor
bungled
incapable
lousy
bungling
rotten
limited
unfit
void
effete
defeasible
innocuous
neutralized
US
neutralised
UK
no good
not effective
no-go
valueless
in vain
meaningless
of no use
hollow
unrewarding
to no purpose
sterile
thwarted
impractical
senseless
insignificant
doomed
foiled
inconsequential
trifling
unsatisfactory
unusable
wasted
junky
trivial
insubstantial
insufficient
unhelpful
rubbish
aimless
chaffy
pants
unimportant
unremunerative
deficient
a dead loss
frustrated
without success
Sisyphean
no-good
frivolous
terrible
lost
dreadful
awful
good-for-nothing
atrocious
no dice
appalling
of no avail
waste
abysmal
baulked
UK
botched
dire
defeated
disastrous
petty
inactive
duff
expendable
balked
US
substandard
unpurposed
impracticable
unprolific
dysfunctional
unuseful
miserable
mediocre
lacking
nonproductive
off
no use
losing
not much cop
non-functioning
on a treadmill
self-defeating
not useful
for nought
not worth the candle
frightful
unworkable
very poor
very bad
nothing
unable to do something for toffee
silent
a load of pants
not working
unessential
stymied
negative
misfired
nonfunctional
imperfect
dry
unavailable
wasteful
hindered
stonewalled
obstructed
gainless
unfunctional
blocked
uncreative
banal
unyieldly
defective
scrap
needless
unconstructive
spoilt
UK
ruined
spoiled
US
thankless
stillborn
stupid
disadvantageous
meagre
UK
faulty
piddling
meager
US
forlorn
delusive
wretched
vapid
inane
unreal
bad
irrelevant
not helpful
failing
uninteresting
unnecessary
unsubstantial
messed up
not good enough
not up to scratch
not up to snuff
pitiful
fouled up
without rhyme or reason
disappointing
below par
uneconomic
miscarried
adverse
unlucrative
maladaptive
scant
unsuitable
unserviceable
turned off
not in use
out of service
out of use
nonpractical
dysregulated
groundless
of no earthly use
motiveless
unbeneficial
broken
inoperable
self-sabotaging
improvident
nonconstructive
cheap
insincere
time-wasting
self-destructive
no-win
puny
misleading
slight
unnotable
delusory
dead
cramped
resultless
exhausted
unneeded
baseless
insipid
casual
for naught
going nowhere
spinning one's wheels
wild goose chase
rambling
unfounded
in vicious circle
not a prayer
no good to gundy
dull
uninformative
shooting blanks
nonsensical
absurd
boring
of no value
lacking foundation
helpless
impossible
stale
uninspiring
unimpressive
insane
fatuous
footling
inproficient
unproficient
without grounds
without foundation
noneffective
tedious
arid
flat
commonplace
not serious
purportless
redundant
nongermane
not pertinent
superfluous
unable to do something to save one's life
ill-fated
bleak
leaving much to be desired
lacklustre
UK
dreary
monotonous
drab
unstimulating
prosaic
lifeless
humdrum
not much chop
underwhelming
no great shakes
unachievable
despaired of
beyond remedy
vacuous
vacant
unfilled
clear
sorry
lackluster
US
reduced
unsatisfying
unacceptable
ropy
unfulfilling
unworthy
suboptimal
subpar
little
flawed
low
bathetic
distasteful
displeasing
falling short
not all it's cracked up to be
disagreeable
second-rate
disillusioning
restricted
wanting
inappreciable
abject
inconsiderable
sparing
negligible
wanky
execrable
shabby
dismal
lamentable
shoddy
deplorable
diabolical
subnormal
trashy
measly
silly
poxy
rubbishy
bogus
meritless
abandoned
ignoble
low-grade
dissatisfactory
of no benefit
two a penny
under-strength
not valuable
below standard
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Lacking the ability or resources to cope with a given task
unequal
incapable
unfit
unsatisfactory
wanting
inadequate
inadequate for
incapable of
unfitted for
unqualified for
unsuited to
incompetent at
not qualified for
not up to
found wanting in
not cut out for
insufficient for
ineffective
ineffectual
incompetent
inefficient
unqualified
inapt
defective
not good enough
unsuitable
inexpedient
useless
deficient
inadmissible
lousy
impotent
inferior
hopeless
inconvenient
incommodious
powerless
inappropriate
insufficient
inefficacious
unsuited
improper
incompatible
no good
ill-suited
unproductive
unadvantageous
inconsistent
not proper
limited
futile
broken
flimsy
worthless
junk
undesirable
inept
lacking
unproficient
inexpert
amateurish
unskilful
substandard
bad
imperfect
poor
faulty
pathetic
duff
weak
unfitted
not much chop
not up to scratch
no great shakes
leaving much to be desired
not much cop
not up to snuff
unskilled
unskillful
inexperienced
amateur
untrained
unequipped
bungling
not equal to
unprofessional
disqualified
inproficient
lacking ability
ineligible
clumsy
awkward
raw
blundering
feeble
cowboy
cack-handed
a dead loss
unhandy
not up to it
maladroit
feckless
undependable
unreliable
nonprofessional
unapt
green
bum
dilettante
unworkmanlike
ham-fisted
jackleg
incapacitated
dilettantish
untaught
unpractised
not equipped to
unprepared
bush-league
careless
ill-equipped
unequal to the task
out of your depth
untalented
not cut out
inadept
shiftless
counterproductive
hamstrung
meagre
UK
loser
unimpressive
meager
US
naive
butterfingers
can't hack it
can't cut it
bush
negligent
suboptimal
subpar
unable to
not know one's arse from one's elbow
lacking experience
unschooled
not strong enough
low-powered
insufficiently powered
unpracticed
uneducated
not able to
powerless to
not qualified
manual
unaccomplished
unversed
menial
labouring
UK
non-qualified
not prepared
untrained for
unable to do something
out of one's element
can't make the grade
crude
undeveloped
laboring
US
blue-collar
bumbling
slapdash
shoddy
sloppy
slipshod
nonexpert
second-rate
floundering
underpowered
uninitiated
helpless
unadapted
farcical
skill-less
less capable
not have it
out to lunch
unable to do something for toffee
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