Translation of "not being able" to German

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Dictionary translations for "not being able"

not being able noun

pl. not being ables

die Unfähigkeit f

Contexts with "not being able"

Liberty consists of being able to make everything as harmless as possible. Freiheit besteht darin, alles machen zu können, was keinem anderen schadet.

Not being watchful, the driver failed to stop in time. Weil er unaufmerksam war, konnte der Fahrer nicht rechtzeitig anhalten.

By postponing what you have to do, you run the risk of never being able to do it. Indem man das, was man zu tun hat, aufschiebt, läuft man Gefahr, es nie tun zu können.

The weak point of this book is that it's less than persuasive when the married author recommends not being married. Die Schwäche dieses Buches ist, dass es an Überzeugungskraft mangelt, wenn der Autor, der selbst verheiratet ist, zum Nichtheiraten rät.

Frustrated of not being the exclusive object of her desires anymore, Tom relegated Mary. Frustriert, weil er nicht mehr das ausschließliche Objekt ihrer Begierde war, ließ Tom ab von Mary.

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