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