Related Words for handicap

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impediment
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Noun, Noun
hinder
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Noun, Noun
hindrance
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Noun, Noun
impairment
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Noun, Noun
disable
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Noun, Verb, Adjective
incapacitate
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Adjective, Verb
deterrent
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Verb, Noun
disability
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Noun, Noun
disadvantage
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Noun, Noun
invalid
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Noun, Noun
hamper
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Noun, Noun
wheelchair
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Noun
obstacle
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Noun
blind
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Noun
advantage
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Noun
difficulty
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Noun
race
/
Noun
discrimination
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Noun
infirmity
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Noun
mental
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Noun, Adjective
golf
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Noun
barrier
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Noun
hurdle
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Noun
limitation
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Noun
inferiority
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Noun
accessibility
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Noun
qualifying
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Verb
dyslexia
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Noun
cripples
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Noun
tournament
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Noun
prejudice
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Noun
illness
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Noun
psychological
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Adjective
debilitating
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Adjective
perception
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Noun
setback
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Noun
shortcoming
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Noun
disqualifying
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Verb
insurmountable
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Adjective
bogey
/x
Noun
overcoming
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Verb
disparity
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Noun
obstruction
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Noun
retarding
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Noun
stop
/
Noun
underdog
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Noun
cannot
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Adjective
learning disability
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Phrase, Noun
disqualification
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Noun
obstructive
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Adjective
discouragement
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Noun
drawback
/x
Noun
inconvenience
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Noun
baggage
/x
Noun
inability
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Noun
preventive
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Adjective
paralytic
xx/x
Adjective
subnormal
//x
Adjective
detriment
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Noun
harm
/
Noun
awkward
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Adjective
balk
/
Noun
trouble
/x
Noun
downside
/x
Noun
stumbling block
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Phrase, Noun
penalty
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Noun
curse
/
Noun
dead set
//
Phrase, Noun, Adjective
lameness
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Noun
hitch
/
Noun
damage
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Noun
unusable
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Adjective
thwart
/
Verb
danger
/x
Noun
embargo
x/x
Noun
unobtainable
xx/xx
Adjective
contraindication
x/x/x
Noun
avoidable
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Adjective
minus
/x
Noun
underprivileged
/x/x
Noun
frustration
x/x
Noun
hassle
/x
Noun
unworkable
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Adjective
static
/x
Adjective
disincentive
xx/x
Noun
blight
/
Noun
unavoidable
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Adjective
inadequate
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Adjective
injury
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Noun
limp
/
Adjective
affliction
x/x
Noun
lame duck
//
Phrase, Noun, Verb
demerit
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Noun
embarrassment
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Noun
kink
/
Noun
occupational hazard
xx/xx/x
Name, Name
inconvenient
xx/x
Adjective
deafness
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Noun
devil
/x
Noun
crab
/
Noun
incapable
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Adjective
afflicting
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Adjective
unacceptable
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Adjective
hurt
/
Noun
problem
/x
Noun
inefficient
xx/x
Adjective
disagreeable
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Adjective
unreachable
x/xx
Adjective
barring
/x
Verb
subhuman
x/x
Adjective
thing
/
Noun
prohibitive
x/xx
Adjective
reverse
x/
Noun
reluctance
x/x
Noun
dead hand
//
Phrase, Noun
privation
x/x
Noun
poison
/x
Noun
nuisance
/x
Noun
labors
/x
Verb, Noun
laboured
/x
Verb
insuperable
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Adjective
surmount
x/
Verb
stakes
/
Noun
illiteracy
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Noun
severity
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Noun
palsy
/x
Noun
spite
/
Noun
retardation
xx/x
Noun
stuttering
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Noun
suffers
/x
Verb
asset
/x
Noun
serious
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Adjective
inexperience
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Noun
stigma
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Noun
accumulative
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Adjective
albatross
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Noun
alone
x/
Adverb, Adjective
amputation
xx/x
Noun
autochthonous
/x/x
Adjective
better
/x
Adjective, Noun, Verb
bind
/
Noun, Verb
binocular
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Adjective, Noun
brake
/
Noun, Verb
burden
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Noun, Verb
calculable
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Adjective
children
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Adjective
civilizing
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Verb, Adjective
constraint
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Noun
contested
x/x
Adjective
defect
/x
Noun, Verb
deficiency
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Noun
die
/
Verb, Noun
disorder
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Noun, Verb
distribution
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Noun
flaw
/
Noun, Verb
gap
/
Noun, Verb
hazard
/x
Noun, Verb
improved
x/
Adjective
inadequacy
x/xxx
Noun
insufficiency
xx/xx
Noun
invalidity
/x/xx
Noun
jockey
/x
Noun, Verb
liability
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Noun
millstone
/x
Noun
orientation
xxx/x
Noun
parking
/x
Noun
person
/x
Noun, Verb
prolapse
x/
Noun, Verb
space
/
Noun, Verb
sticker
/x
Noun, Verb
uncontested
xx/x
Adjective
weakness
/x
Noun
fall
/
Verb, Noun
off
/
Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun
save
/
Verb, Noun
get
/
Verb, Noun
breakeven
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Verb, Noun, Adjective
blow
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
backwater
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Noun, Verb