Lame and Unable

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Lame adjective - Arousing or deserving of one's loathing and disgust.

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

Nearby Words: lameness, lamed, lamely

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

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

Apparently, a fall he took in his youth left him lame in one leg, leaving him unable to ride a horse.

Source: Handicapped Badass
Throw Momma from the Train begins with Larry Donner having massive writer's block, unable to get past "The night was..." He discards such lame words as "foggy", "hot", even "moist".

Source: It Was a Dark and Stormy Night
Incredibly Lame Pun: The final murder is "One Died of a Pun." The victim is killed by being glued to a treadmill and forced to run until exhaustion, unable to go the extra Mile...s.

Source: Web Video / Ten Little Roosters

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