Confined
Confined adjective - Taken and held prisoner.
Unable and confined are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Unable" instead an adjective "Confined".
Nearby Words: confinement, confining
Unable
Unable adjective - Lacking qualities (as knowledge, skill, or ability) required to do a job.
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
- Unable to speak or indeed, do anything beyond scream unintelligibly, she is confined to a tower in order to prevent her from harming herself or others.
Source: The Mentally Disturbed -
Upon awakening, he found himself confined in the body of an 80-year old, unable to travel without a wheelchair.
Source: Anime / Real Drive - Breaking Bad: Hector "Tio" Salamanca is confined to a wheelchair and unable to speak in his old age (possibly from a stroke).
Source: Once for Yes, Twice for No
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