Repulsive and Unable

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Repulsive adjective - Causing intense displeasure, disgust, or resentment.

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

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

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

In Tokyo Ghoul, Ghouls are not only unable to digest any human foods save for Coffee, but find the taste so repulsive that it tends to make them throw up in response.

Source: I Do Not Drink Wine
From a modern perspective, the threat of Christine being unable to be with the man she loves (and actually wants to marry) and in a forced state of virginity thanks to a sexless marriage with a repulsive man who treats her like a living doll could be seen as a Fate Worse Than Death in itself.

Source: Literature / The Phantom of the Opera

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