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unable | dis |

As an adjective unable

is not able; lacking a certain ability.

As a numeral dis is

ten.

unable

English

Adjective

(-)
  • Not able; lacking a certain ability.
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    • , title= Fulham 0-5 Man Utd , passage=Fulham switched off as Giggs took a quick corner to Valencia. He played it back to Giggs, whose cross was headed in by Nani with the lurking Rooney unable to add a touch. }}
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    • , volume=189, issue=3, page=21, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly) , title= Our banks are out of control , passage=Seeing the British establishment struggle with the financial sector is like watching an alcoholic […].  Until 2008 there was denial over what finance had become. […]  But the scandals kept coming, […]. A broad section of the political class now recognises the need for change but remains unable to see the necessity of a fundamental overhaul.}}
    Are you unable to mind your own business or something?

    Antonyms

    * able

    Anagrams

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    dis

    English

    Etymology 1

    Abbreviation of disrespect.

    Verb

    (en-verb)
  • (informal)

    • Noun

    (disses)

    • Etymology 2

    From (etyl) .

    Noun

    (disir)
  • Any of a group of minor female deities in Scandinavian folklore.
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    • Etymology 3

    Representing a colloquial or dialectal pronunciation of this.

    Determiner

    (en determiner)
  • (slang, or, eye dialect) This.

    • Pronoun

    (English Pronouns)
  • (slang, or, eye dialect) This.

    • Anagrams

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