crippled
adjectiveverbcommon in dialogue
- //ˈkɹɪpəld//
Having a less than fully functional limb, or injuries which prevent full mobility.
adjective
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Having a less than fully functional limb, or injuries which prevent full mobility.
A crippled man, twenty years older than you, whom you will have to wait on?
So they gathered the crippled, the wounded, the maimed, and they shipped us back home to Australia. The legless, the armless, the blind, the insane, those proud wounded heroes of Suvla.
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informalHaving any difficulty or impediment which can be likened to a crippling injury.
a crippled version of the software, lacking many features
verb
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Also a form of cripplesimple past and past participle of cripple
crippled · Having a less than fully functional limb, or injuries which prevent full mobility.
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