handicapped

A2
US /ˈhændikæpt/
adj noun verb Freq #11622

Meanings

  1. 1
    adj

    Having a handicap.

    handicapped person

  2. 2
    adj

    Limited by an impediment of some kind.

    1927, Ernest Bramah, Max Carrados Mysteries We are so handicapped for means, you see—the old story with this sort of institution. Practically everything we have has been given us at one time or another—it has to be, for there is simply no fund to apply to purchasing.

  3. 3
    adj

    incapable of functioning as a consequence of injury or illness

  4. 4
    noun

    people collectively who are crippled or otherwise physically handicapped

  5. 5
    verb

    simple past and past participle of handicap

  6. 6
    noun

    A disabled person.

Thesaurus

Synonyms
3 adj · incapable of functioning as... disabled
4 noun · people collectively who are... disabled
Word family
Derived forms handicapablehandicapped-accessiblemultihandicappednonhandicappedpolyhandicappedunhandicapped
Related forms disabledimpaired

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