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未能

wèi néng

2-character word

What 未能 means

1. cannot
2. to fail to
3. unable to

The characters in 未能

• 未wèinot yet; did not; have not
• 能néngcan; to be able to; might possibly

Example sentences

• 他未能遵守交通规则，结果发生了严重的事故。
  His failure to observe traffic regulations resulted in a serious accident.
• 他们俩都未能找到我们的星球所面临最严重的问题。
  Tāmen liǎ dōu wèinéng zhǎodào wǒmen de xīngqiú suǒ miànlín zuì yánzhòng de wèntí.
  They have both failed to find the most serious problem that has ever faced our planet.
• 因为他未能遵守交通规则，结果发生了严重的事故。
  Yīnwèi tā wèinéng zūnshǒu jiāotōng guīzé, jiéguǒ fāshēng le yánzhòng de shìgù.
  His failure to observe traffic regulations resulted in a serious accident.

Words starting with 未能

• 未能免俗wèi néng miǎn súunable to break the custom (idiom); bound by conventions