Able
Able adjective - Having the required skills for an acceptable level of performance.
Nearby Word: ability
Botched
Botched adjective - Showing or marked by a lack of skill and tact (as in dealing with a situation).
Usage example: a botched attempt to mend relations with our disaffected European allies
Both words in one sentence
- And then it turns out that one slightly odd member of the crew was the victim of a botched medical procedure on his brain which resulted in him essentially no longer being able to recognize himself.
Source: The Corruptible - She was able to wrestle Ivory but "reinjured" her neck following a botched handspring elbow.
Source: Hollywood Healing -
He was unable to revive his mother, the botched attempt to revive his mother cost his brother his body, and he wasn't able to do anything better than attaching his brother's soul to a suit of armor, and then he wasn't able to save Nina.
Source: I Let Gwen Stacy Die
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