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unabled

unabled adjective: made unable. Also the simple past and past participle of unable.

Adjective

unabled (not comparable)

  1. Made unable.
    • Utterly unabled in nature, by reason of frigidity, to perform the duties, or any the least office of a husband1609 December (first performance), Beniamin Ionson [i.e., Ben Jonson], “Epicoene, or The Silent Woman. A Comœdie. […]”, in The Workes of Beniamin Ionson (First Folio), London: […] Will[iam] Stansby...

Also used as

unabled is also the simple past and past participle of unable.

Origin of unabled

From unable + -ed.

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Questions about unabled

What does unabled mean?
Unabled means made unable.
What part of speech is unabled?
Unabled is an adjective.

Words near unabled in the dictionary

  1. unabjured
  2. unablated
  3. unablauted
  4. unable
  5. unable to can
  6. unabled
  7. unableness
  8. unabler
  9. unables
  10. unablest
  11. unabling

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