disabled

pronunciation

How to pronounce disabled in British English: UK [dɪsˈeɪbld]word uk audio image

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  • Noun:
    people who are crippled or otherwise physically handicapped
  • Adjective:
    incapacitated by injury or illness
    so badly injured as to be unable to continue

Word Origin

disabled (adj.)
"incapacitated," 1630s, past participle adjective from disable. Earlier it meant "legally disqualified" (mid-15c.).

Example

1. My brother is disabled . And he 's definitely what I would consider one of the working poor .
2. When I was about 10 , she made me promise that I would kill her if ever she became either disabled or demented .
3. F.d.r. did not say he was the first disabled president to take the presidential oath ; john kennedy did not say he was the first catholic to do so .

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