Capable and Lame

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Capable

Capable adjective - Having the required skills for an acceptable level of performance.
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Lame is an antonym for capable.
Nearby Words: capability, capably

Lame

Lame adjective - Arousing or deserving of one's loathing and disgust.
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Capable is an antonym for lame in topics: feeble, unable to walk properly.
Nearby Words: lameness, lamed, lamely
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  • Comicbook / Animal Man Heart Is an Awesome Power: It turned out that these seemingly lame heroes were the only ones capable of fighting the Angel Mob.
    Source: Comicbook / Animal Man
  • Lame Comeback: Ivy is capable of some real zingers.
    Source: Webcomic / Bobwhite
  • There's a father/child or mother/child event coming up, and the kid is either embarrassed of how lame their parent is, or knows their parent is not capable of doing the event and will lose it for them — again — if they come.
    Source: Stand-In Parents
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