in no position to

idiom

: not able to
I'm in no position to lend you any money.

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Recent Examples on the Web The helper wants to figure something out – but those of us who are grieving are in no position to help. Alisyn Camerota, CNN, 12 Oct. 2024 The country of nearly 90 million is in no position to afford a war, regional analysts say. Natasha Turak, CNBC, 30 Sep. 2024 The Venezuelan strongman was apparently worried that while Washington could drop its charges against him, the U.S. government was in no position to stop an investigation by the International Criminal Court into widespread human rights abuses attributed to the Maduro government. Tracy Wilkinson, Los Angeles Times, 13 Aug. 2024 The Orioles’ bullpen, short on reliable high-leverage options and weakened by Jacob Webb’s elbow injury, is in no position to pick up the rotation’s slack. Childs Walker, Baltimore Sun, 9 Aug. 2024 See all Example Sentences for in no position to 

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“In no position to.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/in%20no%20position%20to. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.

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