Unable
Unable adjective - Lacking qualities (as knowledge, skill, or ability) required to do a job.
Usage example: a celebrated author of serious plays, he turned out to be a particularly unable writer of comedies
Unskillful and unable are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Unskillful" instead an adjective "Unable".
Unskillful
Unskillful adjective - Lacking qualities (as knowledge, skill, or ability) required to do a job.
Usage example: an unskillful editor can be worse than none at all
Unable and unskillful are semantically related. You can use "Unable" instead an adjective "Unskillful".
Nearby Word: unskilled
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Unskillful and Unable. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 08, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/unable/unskillful
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