Slow and Unable

Slow

Slow adjective - Moving or proceeding at less than the normal, desirable, or required speed.

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

Nearby Words: slowness, slowed, slowly, slowing, slowdown

Unable

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

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

Both words in one sentence

  • Comic Book / Knightfall It's later commented that all the armor Jean Paul added to his version of the costume, while useful, makes him slow and unable to maneuver tight spaces.
  • Real Life / Cool Plane Though slow and unable to refuel mid-air, it could fly to targets 3,400 miles away and stay aloft up to forty hours, and had a phenomenal cruising altitude for a piston aircraft, putting out of range of most interceptors and ground batteries of its day.
  • Infinity–1 Sword It has more raw attack power than the bonus sword "Claimh Solais" and has the greatest reach on the game, but it's Dark element, which a lot of enemies are resistant to, and its great reach is offset by being slow and unable to hit things at point-blank.
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