Little
Little adjective - Having relatively little height.
Unable and little are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Unable" instead an adjective "Little".
Nearby Word: littleness
Unable
Unable adjective - Lacking qualities (as knowledge, skill, or ability) required to do a job.
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
- Adult Fear: In "Battle of the Bands", Melody is unable to find a babysitter so she brings her little sisters Ting-a-Ling and Jing-a-Ling to the contest.
- Synopsis: Once, there was a little unicorn filly who always found herself unable to sleep and could only be comforted by the singing of a certain lullaby.
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And then a mafioso takes a contract out on the little old lady, and she demonstrates that "retired" does not mean "unable to kill quickly and ruthlessly".
Source: Never Mess with Granny
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