Rotten and Unable

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.

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

Both words in one sentence

  • Literature / Deerskin 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.
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