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disabled Definition

dis·abled (-bəld)

adjective

  1. not in proper working order; out of commission a disabled ship
  2. having a physical or mental disability

disabled Idioms

the disabled

those who are physically or mentally disabled; the handicapped

disabled Synonyms

disabled

modif.

handicapped, incapacitated, crippled, physically challenged, impaired, injured, maimed, hamstrung, wounded, mangled, lame, mutilated, silenced, run-down, worn-out, useless, wrecked, stalled, bedridden, weakened, helpless; confined to one's bed, confined to one's home, confined to a hospital, confined to a nursing home, etc.; impotent, castrated, halting, limping, hobbling, palsied, superannuated, paralyzed, paraplegic, quadriplegic, brain damaged, senile, decrepit, on one's back*, laid up*, done for*, done in*, cracked up*, banged up*, broken down*, out of action*, counted out*; see also hurt, useless 1, weakened.

Antonyms able-bodied, healthy*, strong.

disabled Usage Examples

Adjective complement with noun phrase

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Modifies a noun

  • people: The majority of working age disabled people become disabled at some point during their adult life.
  • person: Are the legal rights of a disabled person affected by their employer being a symbol user?
  • toilet: Examples of ramps which had too steep a gradient and disabled toilets being used as store rooms are only too common across NI.
  • student: Car parking spaces for disabled students ' cars are provided close to the building.
  • child: Parents of disabled children can take 18 weeks up to the child's 18th birthday.
  • bay: There are disabled parking bays adjacent to the Museum entrance.

Modifying Another Word

  • severely: Big silence on the big freeze Labor's failure to introduce winter fuel payments for severely disabled adults has been a blow to many.
  • physically: Conquest Art Art classes for physically disabled people, exhibitions of member's art work.
  • mentally: The placement is a live-in school devoted to caring for mentally disabled Japanese adults.
  • developmentally: And he still hasn't told us whether he prays with a man known to execute developmentally disabled juveniles.
  • profoundly: A personal story about a community initiative to provide respite care for profoundly disabled children in Tower Hamlets, London, UK.
  • partially: Mr Wall, 17 Jan 06 We booked parking as it was easier to travel to Luton by car as I am partially disabled.

Infinitive complement

prevent: N.B. At the author's request some features of Acrobat may have been disabled to prevent breaches of copyright.

Used with adjective complement

  • register: If the applicant is registered disabled, the application fee will be wavered.
  • become: The majority of working age disabled people become disabled at some point during their adult life.
  • learn: Of the twenty students, four were classified as learning disabled.
  • leave: Isabella Dougan has been left disabled by the alleged mistake and is now largely confined to a wheelchair.
  • feel: The patient may have restricted ambulation from hiking or jogging, lived a sedentary life, and did not feel disabled.

Preposition: from

disease: The campaign has significant potential to dramatically reduce the number of women dying and becoming disabled from heart disease and stroke.