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UK
/hˈændɪkˌæpt/
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[ US /ˈhændiˌkæpt/ ]
[ US /ˈhændiˌkæpt/ ]
NOUN
-
people collectively who are crippled or otherwise physically handicapped
technology to help the elderly and the disabled
ADJECTIVE
- having restricted mental or physical functioning as a consequence of injury or illness
How To Use handicapped In A Sentence
- The bad weather severely handicapped their performance in the race.
- He'd been working at the local hostel for the handicapped on a voluntary basis.
- But his army was handicapped by its undermanning, and chronically troubled by leadership problems, which were also the cause of the notorious indiscipline of Canadian aircrew. Overlord D-Day And The Battle for Normandy
- He bought lottery tickets from handicapped people.
- Undoubtedly, public acceptance of the physically handicapped will be easier to achieve.
- The bad weather severely handicapped their performance in the race.
- They knew they were trying to ride a very weak and handicapped candidate to victory, and he went down to a much worse defeat than they had anticipated and so I think right now a lot of Democrats are stunned.
- Immediately, offers poured in -- from a taverna in the wealthy neighborhood of Kolonaki, from a big baked goods chain, from green grocers in the wholesale market of Rendi, from caterers with leftovers from weddings and baptisms -- and were directed to orphanages, old age homes, halfway houses for the handicapped, soup kitchens run by churches and municipalities all over the Athens area. Diana Farr Louis: Food Aid Takes Off in Athens
- I'm going to work two days a week teaching handicapped kids to fish.
- Mentally handicapped man in motiveless gang attack.