Qualified
Qualified adjective - Having the required skills for an acceptable level of performance.
Unable
Unable adjective - Lacking qualities (as knowledge, skill, or ability) required to do a job.
Usage example: a celebrated author of serious plays, he turned out to be a particularly unable writer of comedies
Both words in one sentence
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Three teams were competing for two slots and, despite a dismal performance by Crossroads, the third team was unable to compete, meaning that Crossroads qualified.
Source: Film / Sunday School Musical -
By most accounts, he was unable to adjust to peacetime life, despite holding a Columbia law degree, being a qualified university language instructor, and having many offers to coach.
Source: The Thing That Would Not Leave - When the guardians of the Tower of High Sorcery in Palanthas review Raistlin's memories of his duel with Fistandantilus, they are unable to determine who won and stole the "life-force" of the other, but conclude that either way, the winner was before them and qualified for entrance.
Source: Bullet Holes and Revelations
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