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Discover LudwigThe phrase "almost unable" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a situation where someone is very close to being unable to do something, but not completely so.
Example: "After the long hike, I was almost unable to continue due to exhaustion."
Alternatives: "nearly incapable" or "practically unable".
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In fact, I was becoming almost unable to speak.
Ellison was almost unable to take up his scholarship.
I've become so intolerant that I'm almost unable to collaborate.
But they were left almost unable to function academically".
That procedure left me almost unable to rise from the table.
I comply with their requests but for some reason, I become almost unable to speak.
After 144 days of torture I was almost unable to move.
As it played from my stereo, I felt smothered, almost unable to move.
At the beginning of last week he was almost unable to play his opening match.
Broad deserved to complete the job although he was almost unable to do so.
Orgiastic gouts of human blood that distend their abdomens and render them almost unable to move — right?
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