handicapped
pronunciation
How to pronounce handicapped in British English:
UK [ˈhændikæpt]
How to pronounce handicapped in American English:
US [ˈhændikæpt]
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- Adjective:
- incapacitated by injury or illness
Word Origin
- handicapped (adj.)
- "disabled," 1915, past participle adjective from handicap (v.). Originally especially of children. Meaning "handicapped persons generally" is attested by 1958.
Example
- 1. Is that your aston martin in the handicapped space ?
- 2. It was staff at those clinics who first voiced concerns about the increasing numbers of admissions involving severely handicapped children .
- 3. Hundreds of brick kiln slaves , many of them handicapped , were freed in raids in 2007 in northern china .
- 4. At best , he would have been barely functioning.both physically and mentally handicapped .
- 5. But it was previously unknown that many mentally handicapped people were subjected to the procedure .