Paralysed
Unable
Unable adjective - Lacking qualities (as knowledge, skill, or ability) required to do a job.
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- Old Mrs Strathers: An elderly woman is paralysed and unable to speak following a severe stroke.
Source: Cruel Twist Ending - The mysterious ghosts in Lavender Tower (pre-Silph Scope) make your Pokémon "paralysed with fear" and unable to do anything.
Source: Standard Status Effects -
Bookends: The first time we see the Paralysed Horse, he says that he is unable to comfort Beth, for he is "just a horse".
Source: Web Animation / Bravest Warriors
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Unable and Paralysed. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 07, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/paralysed/unable
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