handicapped

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handicapped

  • /ˈhændikæpt/

verb

  1. participle, past simple past and past participle of handicap

adjective more handicapped · most handicapped

  1. Having a handicap. handicapped person
  2. derogatory Limited by an impediment of some kind. 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.

noun handicappeds

  1. India A disabled person.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: incapacitated, disabled, unfit, disability, crippled, disablement, impaired, weak, substandard, embarrassed, retarded, disadvantaged, poor, deficient, hampered, aggrieved

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adj having a handicap

Españolminusválido, discapacitado
한국어불리한 bullihan
日本語障害者 shōgaisha
中文殘疾人 /残疾人 cánjírén, 殘疾 /残疾 cánjí
हिन्दीविकलांगता viklāṅgtā
Portuguêsdeficiente
Françaishandicapé
Deutschbehindert
Italianohandicappato
Ελληνικάανάπηρος anápiros
Русскийинвали́д invalíd
עבריתנכה nakhe

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@misc{handicapped_2026,
  title = {handicapped},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/handicapped},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}