Adept
Adept adjective - Having or showing exceptional knowledge, experience, or skill in a field of endeavor.
Usage example: he's an adept pitcher, and the team is lucky to have him
Nearby Word: adeptly
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
- Obstructive Code of Conduct: The Pak Protectors are so adept at logic that they can instantly see the best way to protect their descendants, and they're unable to do otherwise.
Source: Literature / Protector -
More than a few badguys — particularly powerful Sidhe, grendelkin, and the Fallen — are adept at countering magic, to the point that Dresden himself is rendered unable to use his magic against them.
Source: Counterspell
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