Synonyms of disability

disability

noun

as in injury

a condition that interferes with someone's ability to engage in certain tasks

The group provides one-on-one mentorship to students with various disabilities.

The disability caused by the car crash prevented him from working.

Related Words

• injury
• disablement
• impairment
• damage
• dysfunction
• incapacity
• malady
• harm
• hurt
• detriment
• incapacitation
• deficiency
• incapability
• affliction
• deficit
• failing
• need
• inability
• debilitation
• handicap
• shortfall
• shortcoming
• defectiveness
• inadequacy
• lack
• insufficiency
• weakness
• imperfection
• incompleteness
• disadvantage
• debit
• drawback
• fault
• inadequateness
• downside
• liability
• minus
• insufficience
• incommodity
• negative
• disbenefit
• strike
• want

Dissimilar Words

• ability
• capacity
• competence
• competency
• faculty
• capability
• capableness

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of disability

These challenges are more acute for people with disabilities and people living in remote areas or abroad. — Jamie Rowen, The Conversation, 2 July 2026

Building Toward Something Lasting Financial freedom, in the context of Social Security disability benefits, is rarely about trading one check for another. — Diane Winiarski, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026

Lines, who is being represented by attorneys at the Tech Justice Law Project and the Social Media Victims Law Center, argues in his suit that OpenAI failed to properly warn him that ChatGPT could exacerbate his disability. — Maggie Harrison Dupré, Futurism, 2 July 2026

Taken together, the actions signal a worrying return to a reality where people with disabilities are pushed to the margins of society, advocates said. — Annie Ma, Los Angeles Times, 2 July 2026