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[ US /ˈhændiˌkæp/ ]
[ UK /hˈændɪkˌæp/ ]
NOUN
  1. the condition of being unable to perform as a consequence of physical or mental unfitness
    reading disability
    hearing impairment
  2. something immaterial that interferes with or delays action or progress
  3. advantage given to a competitor to equalize chances of winning
VERB
  1. attempt to forecast the winner (especially in a horse race) and assign odds for or against a contestant
  2. injure permanently
    He was disabled in a car accident
  3. put at a disadvantage
    The brace I have to wear is hindering my movements

How To Use handicap In A Sentence

  • The bad weather severely handicapped their performance in the race.
  • If an infant's condition is not as grave as was thought, he will live, and he can then be given optimal care if he has any handicaps.
  • They don't really have a choice Born helpless, nude and unable to provide for himself, Lore Sjöberg eventually overcame these handicaps to become an alien, an aileron and an ailurophile. Lore Sj
  • Most Down's people have related physical handicaps in addition to their mental disability.
  • Despite her handicap, Jane is able to hold down a full-time job.
  • He'd been working at the local hostel for the handicapped on a voluntary basis.
  • He has been gelded over the winter and could easily be well ahead of the handicapper. The Sun
  • The European Union boycott and American prohibitions are not seriously handicapping Burma.
  • The same trainer and jockey joined forces yesterday to clinch a shock 50-1 success with Bagan in the curtain-raising handicap.
  • Mike Battaglia, oddsmaker at Churchill Downs since 1975 and one of horse racing's most respected handicappers, will be an analyst for NBC at the Belmont Stakes.
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