Rough and Unable

Rough

Rough adjective - Covered with or as if with hair.

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

Unable

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

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

Both words in one sentence

  • Literature / Rifters Trilogy When an enthusiastic masochist asks him to get rough with her while they're in the sack together, he finds himself suddenly unable to perform.
  • Literature / Mystic River Unable to Cry: Lampshaded:Jimmy: "My own little daughter and I can't even cry for her."Dave: "Jimmy, you're crying now." You Said You Would Let Them Go: Jimmy and his thugs, suspecting Dave is the killer, rough him up and threaten to kill him unless he confesses to the deed.
  • Butt Monkey / Anime and Manga Just in the first arc alone she had her panties taking off by Goku and then flash Master Roshi, being unable to ride the Nimbus, had to rough it when she wasn't use to it, and being turn into produce.
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