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- not able to help
not able to help
not able to help something
unable to prevent or control something. (Not able to is often expressed as can't.) I'm sorry about being late. I wasn't able to help it. Bob can't help being boring.
Common Names:
Name | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
Ryleigh | | RIE-lee | English (Modern) |
Edmund | | ['edmənd] | |
Subhash | | - | Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Gujarati, Bengali |
Panos | | - | Greek |
Amara | | - | Western African, Igbo |
Osvald | | - | Swedish, Norwegian, Danish |