Banned and Unable

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Banned adjective - That may not be permitted.

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Unable and banned are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Unable" instead an adjective "Banned".

Nearby Words: ban, banner, banning

Unable adjective - Lacking qualities (as knowledge, skill, or ability) required to do a job.

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Banned and unable are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Banned" instead an adjective "Unable".

Nintendo objected to these films, but was unable to get them banned from distribution (parody is protected speech).

Source: Loophole Abuse / Real Life
Unable to Cry: Poor Merlin, whose eyes-of-flame don't work that way... Urine Trouble: How Godzi- er, Big Green Lizard got himself banned from the Nightside.

Source: Literature / Nightside
Dan and Mab's Furry Adventures had Jerk with a Heart of Gold Abel stuck with Dan at SAIA... with the former being unable to give him a tour of the library, as some incident had taken place there that was so bad he's permanently banned.

Source: Noodle Incident / Web Comics

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