handicapped
verbadjectivenounattested in dialogue
- //ˈhændikæpt//
Having a handicap.
verb
- 1
Also a form of handicapsimple past and past participle of handicap
adjective
- 1
Having a handicap.
handicapped person
handicapped man
- 2
Limited by an impediment of some kind.
We are so handicapped for means, you see—the old story with this sort of institution. Practically everything we have has been given us at one time or another—it has to be, for there is simply no fund to apply to purchasing.
noun
- 1
A disabled person.
Forms
- plural
- handicappeds
- comparative
- more handicapped
- superlative
- most handicapped