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  • 91Incontinent — Unable to control excretions, to hold urine in the bladder or keep feces in the rectum. (This is the usual medical meaning of the word incontinent, not continent. Incontinent can also refer to a lack of self restraint in the sexual arena, failure …

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  • 92financially excluded —    unable to open a bank account    Not unable to pay the entrance fee but uncreditworthy:     It hopes that by offering bank accounts via Post Office branches it can... help the financially excluded . (Daily Telegraph, 22 February 2001)    See… …

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  • 93in for — unable to avoid, sure to get He is in for a lot of trouble now that he is unable to finish his graduation essay …

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  • 94Unresectable — Unable to be surgically removed (resected). * * * un·re·sect·able ri sek tə bəl adj not capable of being resected <an unresectable tumor> …

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  • 95barren — Unable to produce a pregnancy. [M.E. bareyne] * * * bar·ren bar ən adj incapable of producing offspring used esp. of females or matings bar·ren·ness ən nəs n * * * bar·ren (barґən) see sterile (def. 1) …

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  • 96blind — Unable to see; without useful sight. See blindness. * * * blind blīnd adj 1 a) lacking or deficient in sight esp having less than 1/10 of normal vision in the more efficient eye when refractive defects are fully corrected by lenses b) of or… …

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  • 97deaf — Unable to hear. [A.S. deáf] * * * deaf def adj lacking or deficient in the sense of hearing deaf·ness n * * * (def) lacking the sense of hearing or having profound hearing loss …

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  • 98impermeant — Unable to pass through a particular semipermeable membrane. [L. im , neg., + permano, to penetrate] …

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  • 99QNP — Unable to copy. (Academic & Science » Amateur Radio) **** Ayia Napa, Cyprus (Regional » Airport Codes) *** Quality Name Plate, Inc. (Business » Firms) ** Queen Elizabeth National Park (Governmental) * Quantifying into NP (Academic & Science »… …

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  • 100incommunicado —  Unable or unwilling to communicate …

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