Obscure and Unable

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Obscure adjective - Having an often intentionally veiled or uncertain meaning.

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

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

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

He surrounds himself with ecclesiastical regalia and obsesses over obscure religious writers, but is ultimately unable to bring himself to believe.

Source: Literature / A Rebours
In the novel Nuklear Age, the villain Blazer can shoot lasers out of his eyes that obscure his vision and leave him unable to see, although he somehow manages to avoid permanent blindness.

Source: Required Secondary Powers / Literature
Bluegale: Immune to magic, casts storms that obscure vision, deal Damage Over Time to those caught in it AND makes you unable to select any towers affected.

Source: Demonic Spiders / Kingdom Rush

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