Delicate
Delicate adjective - Satisfying or pleasing because of fineness or mildness.
Unable and delicate are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Unable" instead an adjective "Delicate".
Nearby Words: delicacy, delicately
Unable
Unable adjective - Lacking qualities (as knowledge, skill, or ability) required to do a job.
Both words in one sentence
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Specifically, he was a neurosurgeon, but an accident left his hands unable to hold a scalpel steady enough to do the fine manipulation necessary for such delicate surgery.
Source: Not That Kind of Doctor -
In Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Bellatrix Lestrange, unable to torture Harry because he's carrying a delicate MacGuffin of the Death Eaters, tells her colleagues to torture his best friend's little sister and local Cute Witch Ginny Weasley in front of him instead.
Source: Forced to Watch -
Women Are Delicate: Ariadne is unable to free Cassia from the shack until a male hero appears.
Source: Film / Pompeii
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