Passive and Unable

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Passive adjective - Receiving or enduring without offering resistance.

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

Nearby Words: passivity, passively, passible, passivation

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

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

The real problem comes in later: Yume has been much more sheltered or even babied than either of her older sisters, leaving her weak, passive and unable to take criticism.

Source: Visual Novel / They Are My Noble Masters
Anaru gets socially trapped and due to her passive nature was unable to escape the situation on her own.

Source: Rape Portrayed as Redemption
Characters can become completely immune to stun with the Unwavering Stance keystone passive, which has the Necessary Drawback of being unable to evade enemy hits.

Source: Immune to Flinching

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