Mean and Unable

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Mean adjective - Being about midway between extremes of amount or size.

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

Nearby Words: means, meaning, meanness, meant, meanly

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

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

The man whose wife was unable to have children: She is impregnable... I mean, impenetrable... I mean, inconceivable!

Source: Malaproper aka: The Malaproper
Running Gag: Nerves mean that Nanako is unable to properly pronounce her own name when asked to do so while on camera: each time, she winds up saying "Nya-nako" or "Na-nyako" instead.

Source: Manga / Futsū no Joshikōsei ga Locodol Yattemita
Sometimes they're unable to "harden" their sexual organsI mean, their sexy research.

Source: Web Video / Wheezy Waiter

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