not able

1. see under can't or under main phrase.

Example Sentences

The companies named in the lawsuit, Novolex Holdings LLC — one of the largest global food, beverage, and specialty packaging companies — Inteplast Group Corp. and Mettler Packaging LLC, were not able to produce any evidence the plastic bags they sold to California stores were recycled, according to the attorney general’s office.

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All plastic bags that have been sold to consumers at retailers in California are not able to be recycled and should no longer be distributed.

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Meanwhile, Varun was not able to recover the money he lost, but said "I've made my peace with it" and has rebuilt his life since.

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Benjamin Netanyahu made the comments hours after Hamas returned the bodies of another two hostages but said it was not able to access the remaining 19.

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“He wanted to get rid of all these courses in the Legislature, and because of the political process, he was not able to do that. So he is moving to a different process of leading a witch hunt through social media to achieve the same goals.”

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Related Words

• helpless 
• impotent 
• inadequate 
• incapable 
• powerless 
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• unfit 
• weak