Unable and Vulnerable

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

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

Vulnerable adjective - Being in a situation where one is likely to meet with harm.

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Unable and vulnerable are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Unable" instead an adjective "Vulnerable".

Nearby Words: vulnerability, vulnerably

Also averted in The Elder Scrolls games, where getting knocked down leaves you vulnerable and unable to react.

Source: You Get Knocked Down, You Get Back Up Again
While he is big and scary, he's also extremely vulnerable and unable to move as quickly or nimbly as a human foe.

Source: Scaled Up
One alchemist developed a weaker elixir that would make people just immortal enough to be vulnerable to his "cannibalism", but unable to eat anyone themselves.

Source: Cannibalism Superpower

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