gimped

verb

past tense of gimp
as in hobbled

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  1. hobbled
  2. limped
  3. trampled
Verb
  • In other words, the department rescinded its directive only after Anthropic’s models were hobbled to the point that many benign queries now trigger the guardrails.
    — João Marinotti, The Conversation, 21 July 2026
  • In Machado’s absence, the Venezuelan opposition has been hobbled, as the accommodationists try, with little success, to effect change from the inside.
    — Stephania Taladrid, New Yorker, 20 July 2026
Definition of hobbled
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  • Last year at world championships, Ingebrigtsen faltered in a preliminary heat while Kerr pulled up lame and limped into the finish in a final won by Issac Nader of Portugal.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 18 July 2026
  • Getty Images The MLB best home run bets limped into the All-Star break with four incorrect home run props in the final two articles.
    — Josh Shepardson, Forbes.com, 17 July 2026
Definition of limped
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  • The red card was rescinded; the team was unmoored; conspiracies grew overnight, like mushrooms; and a merciless Belgium swept in and trampled, 4–1, on what remained.
    — Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 17 July 2026
  • Ten years later, Tech trampled Florida State in an upset on the Flats.
    — Gabriel Burns, AJC.com, 15 July 2026
Definition of trampled
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