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The word 'unable' is correct and can be used in written English.
You can use it to express that someone or something does not have the power or ability to do something. For example: "I'm sorry, I'm unable to help you with this task."
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unable
adjective
Not able; lacking a certain ability.
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We are able to change the name on the ticket if you are unable to attend and choose to have another party attend in your place.
Paris is aware that if it is unable to tackle the issue of its pension shortfall, France's triple-A credit rating may be cut.
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The prime minister will be unable to table his demands for the repatriation of powers before the next election because Clegg has dismissed this strategy as "a false promise wrapped in a union jack".
However, they were unable to close a comprehensive deal because of differences between the DUP and pro-Good Friday agreement parties over changes to the political institution.
The guards started to pull us out of the plane.... Stop!" I couldn't walk, for my feet were unable to carry me.
Almost all of the sightseers said they had pre-booked flights which they were unable to change; many had resigned themselves to a trip to Washington consisting of shopping and viewing buildings from the outside.
I wouldn't dismiss the psychological and political impact of Ian Paisley being, in his terms, kicked around for 40 years by the establishment and then seeing an opportunity to be the establishment and being unable to resist it".
Saunders, who has previously managed Wrexham, Doncaster and Wolves, finished the season in interim charge of Crawley but was unable to prevent them from being relegated to League Two.
At about the age of six, our daughter had an arrangement imposed on her that was difficult enough in practical terms: her father was often out of the country and unable to support her weekend sports commitments simply because they were always somewhere else.
Nothing was making sense and she was unable to navigate the new timetables designed by the court that stipulated where she should be, at what time, on which day.
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