Maim vs Unable - What's the difference?
maim | unable |
To wound seriously; to cause permanent loss of function of a limb or part of the body.
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*:Three chairs of the steamer type, all maimed , comprised the furniture of this roof-garden, with (by way of local colour) on one of the copings a row of four red clay flower-pots filled with sun-baked dust from which gnarled and rusty stalks thrust themselves up like withered elfin limbs.
Not able; lacking a certain ability.
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As a verb maim
is to wound seriously; to cause permanent loss of function of a limb or part of the body.As an adjective unable is
not able; lacking a certain ability.maim
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* maimerAnagrams
* * ----unable
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(-)Fulham 0-5 Man Utd, passage=Fulham switched off as Giggs took a quick corner to Valencia. He played it back to Giggs, whose cross was headed in by Nani with the lurking Rooney unable to add a touch. }}
Our banks are out of control, passage=Seeing the British establishment struggle with the financial sector is like watching an alcoholic […]. Until 2008 there was denial over what finance had become. […] But the scandals kept coming, […]. A broad section of the political class now recognises the need for change but remains unable to see the necessity of a fundamental overhaul.}}
- Are you unable to mind your own business or something?