tried vs unable

tried

adj
  • Put on trial, taken before a lawcourt. 

  • Tested, hence, proven to be firm or reliable. 

unable

verb
  • To render unable; to disable. 

adj
  • Not able; lacking a certain ability. 

intj
  • Indicating that a requested course of action is not possible to carry out. 

How often have the words tried and unable occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )