disabling

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disabling

adjective more disabling · most disabling

That disables; crippling. Rationing decisions that accept people's 'needs' for physical care and limited domestic help, while rejecting demands to support integrated social activities as 'wants', legitimise some of our most disabling cultural values.

verb

gerund, participle, present present participle and gerund of disable

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: crippling, disqualifying, incapacitating, unhealthful, clearing, cutoff, deactivate, deactivating, deactivation, debilitating, decommission, decommissioning, defusing, deselect, dismantling, disposal

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@misc{disabling_2026,
  title = {disabling},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/disabling},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}