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unable - 9 thesaurus results
Main Entry: unable
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: not having talent, skill
Synonyms: can't cut it, can't hack it, can't make the grade, clumsy, helpless, hog-tied, impotent, impuissant, inadequate, incapable, incapacitated, incompetent, ineffectual, inefficacious, inefficient, inept, inoperative, no can do, no good, not able, not cut out for, not equal to, not up to, out of commission*, powerless, sidelined, unfit, unfitted, unqualified, unskilled, weak
Antonyms: able, adequate, capable, competent, fit, qualified, skillful, talented
Main Entry: clumsy
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: not agile; awkward
Synonyms: bulky, bungling, crude, elephantine, gauche, gawky, graceless, heavy, heavy-handed, helpless, hulking, incompetent, inelegant, inept, inexperienced, inexpert, lumbering, lumpish, maladroit, oafish, ponderous, unable, uncoordinated, uncouth, uneasy, ungainly, unskillful, untoward, unwieldy, all thumbs, blundering, blunderous, bumbling, butterfingered*, clownish, gawkish, ham-handed, ill-shaped, lubberly, splay, stumbling, unadept, undexterous, unhandy, untactful, untalented, weedy
Antonyms: adroit, agile, athletic, clever, dexterous, expert, graceful, coordinated, couth
Main Entry: helpless
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: incapable, incompetent; vulnerable
Synonyms: abandoned, debilitated, defenseless, dependent, destitute, disabled, exposed, feeble, forlorn, forsaken, friendless, impotent, inefficient, inexpert, infirm, invalid, over a barrel*, paralyzed, powerless, prostrate, shiftless, unable, unfit, unprotected, weak, basket-case, handcuffed, pinned, tapped, tapped out, up creek without paddle, with hands tied
Antonyms: able, capable, competent, enterprising, independent, resourceful, skilled, strong
Main Entry: inapt
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: incompetent; not suitable
Synonyms: awkward, banal, clumsy, dull, flat, gauche, ill-suited, improper, inappropriate, incongruous, inept, inexperienced, inexpert, insipid, jejune, maladroit, malapropos, slow, stupid, unable, unfit, unskilled, unsuitable, unsuited, untimely, ill-adapted, ill-fitted, inadept, inapposite, infelicitous, undexterous, unfacile, unhandy, unmeet, unproficient
Notes: inapt is 'not suitable or appropriate' while unapt is 'not likely or inclined'
Antonyms: apt, competent, happy, suitable, suited
Main Entry: incapable
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: not adequate; helpless
Synonyms: butterfingers*, feeble, impotent, inadequate, incompetent, ineffective, ineligible, inept, inexperienced, inexpert, insufficient, losing, naive, poor, powerless, unable, unfit, unqualified, unskilled, unskillful, unsuited, weak, disqualified, inproficient, not equal to, not up to, uncool, unequipped
Antonyms: capable, competent, qualified, strong
Main Entry: ineffective/ineffectual
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: weak, useless
Synonyms: abortive, barren, bootless, feckless, feeble, fruitless, futile, idle, impotent, inadequate, incompetent, indecisive, inefficient, inept, inferior, innocuous, inoperative, lame, limited, nugatory, null, null and void*, paltry, powerless, spineless, unable, unavailing, unfruitful, unproductive, unprofitable, unsuccessful, vain, void, withered, worthless, anticlimactic, defeasible, forceless, inefficacious, invertebrate, neutralized
Antonyms: competent, effective, effectual, efficient, powerful, strong, useful
Main Entry: unskilled
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: untrained
Synonyms: awkward, green*, inadequate, incompetent, inept, inexperienced, inexpert, raw*, unable, undeveloped, uneducated, unqualified, unschooled, inproficient, not up to, unequipped, unhandy, untalented
Main Entry: ineffective
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: useless
Synonyms: abortive, barren, bootless, emasculate, feckless, feeble, fruitless, futile, idle, impotent, inadequate, incompetent, indecisive, ineffectual, inefficient, inept, inferior, innocuous, inoperative, lame, limited, nugatory, null, paltry, powerless, spineless, unable, unavailable, unavailing, unfruitful, unproductive, unprofitable, unsuccessful, vain, void, withered, worthless, anticlimactic, defeasible, forceless, inefficacious, neutralized, no go, no way, not effective, slack-spined
Antonyms: effective
Main Entry: unfit
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: not ready
Synonyms: amateur, awkward, bungling, bush league*, clumsy, debilitated, feeble, heavy-handed, impotent, inadequate, incapable, incapacitated, incompetent, ineffective, inefficient, ineligible, inept, inexperienced, inexpert, maladjusted, maladroit, unable, unprepared, unqualified, unskilled, unskillful, untrained, useless, weak, blundering, butter-fingered, disqualified, ill-equipped, no good, not cut out for, not equal to, not up to, unapt, unfitted, unhandy, unpracticed, unproficient
Antonyms: able, fit, qualified, ready, willing
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