Rotten
Rotten adjective - Having undergone organic breakdown.
Unable and rotten are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Unable" instead an adjective "Rotten".
Nearby Words: rottenness, rottenly
Unable
Unable adjective - Lacking qualities (as knowledge, skill, or ability) required to do a job.
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
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She runs away into the woods and eventually finds a cabin where she passes the winter, subsisting on largely rotten food, hardly able to walk and unable to fully use one of her arms.
Source: Literature / Deerskin
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