Dependent
Dependent adjective - Extending freely from a support from above.
Unable and dependent are semantically related in defenceless topic. In some cases you can use "Unable" instead an adjective "Dependent".
Unable
Unable adjective - Lacking qualities (as knowledge, skill, or ability) required to do a job.
Dependent and unable are semantically related in defenceless topic. Sometimes you can use "Dependent" instead an adjective "Unable".
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- Unable now to leave "The Yabba", Grant finds himself dependent on the charity of bullying strangers while being drawn into the crude and hard-drinking lifestyle of the town's residents.
Source: Film / Wake In Fright - Kaoru and Hikaru are so dependent on each other as twins that they are almost unable to relate to other people alone.
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He's so emotionally dependent on his mother that after she gets zombified he hides her in the basement, unable to bring himself to destroy her.
Source: Momma's Boy
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