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HANDICAPPED
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
People collectively who are crippled or otherwise physically handicapped
Example:
technology to help the elderly and the disabled
Synonyms:
disabled; handicapped
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("handicapped" is a kind of...):
people ((plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "handicapped"):
the halt ((archaic) lame persons collectively)
II. (adjective)
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Meaning:
Having restricted mental or physical functioning as a consequence of injury or illness
Synonyms:
disabled; handicapped
Classified under:
Similar:
unfit (not in good physical or mental condition; out of condition)
III. (verb)
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Past simple / past participle of the verb handicap
