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for Handicapped
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :
Handicap \Hand"i*cap\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Handicapped
(-k[a^]pt); p. pr. & vb. n. Handicapping.]
To encumber with a handicap in any contest; hence, in
general, to place at disadvantage; as, the candidate was
heavily handicapped.
[1913 Webster]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :
Handicapped \Hand"i*capped\ (h[a^]nd"[i^]*k[a^]pt), a.
suffering from a handicap (in senses 4 or 5); disabled; at a
disadvantage.
[PJC]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) :
handicapped
adj 1: incapable of functioning as a consequence of injury or
illness [syn: disabled, handicapped]
n 1: people collectively who are crippled or otherwise
physically handicapped; "technology to help the elderly and
the disabled" [syn: disabled, handicapped]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :
28 Moby Thesaurus words for "handicapped":
amputee, bad, castrated, cripple, crippled, defective, deformity,
disabled, emasculated, game, halt, halting, hamstrung,
handicapped person, hobbling, idiot, imbecile, incapable,
incapacitated, lame, limping, maimed, paralytic, paraplegic,
quadriplegic, spavined, the crippled, the handicapped
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