disabled

disabled

adj

Definition of DISABLED

: incapacitated by illness or injury; also : physically or mentally impaired in a way that substantially limits activity especially in relation to employment or education

Examples of DISABLED

1. The organization is working to protect the rights of disabled veterans.
2. <the disabled man was unable to climb the stairs without help>

First Known Use of DISABLED

1633

Related to DISABLED

Synonyms: challenged, differently abled, exceptional, impaired, incapacitated

Antonyms: able-bodied, abled, nondisabled, unimpaired

Related Words: special-needs; halt, lame, paralyzed, quadriplegic; immobile, immobilized; ailing, diseased, ill, sick, unfit, unhealthy, unsound, unwell; blind, deaf, hard of hearing, mute

Near Antonyms: bouncing, chipper, fit, hale, healthy, hearty, robust, sound, well, whole, wholesome

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