Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for UN-A'BLE
UN-AB-JUR-EDUN-A-BOL'ISH-A-BLE
UN-A'BLE, a.
- 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.
- 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.
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