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[dis-uh-bil-i-tee]

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noun, plural -ties for 2.

lack of adequate power, strength, or physical or mental ability; incapacity.

a physical or mental handicap, especially one that prevents a person from living a full, normal life or from holding a gainful job.

anything that disables or puts one at a disadvantage: His mere six-foot height will be a disability in professional basketball.

the state or condition of being disabled.

legal incapacity; legal disqualification.

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disability insurance.

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Origin:
1570–80; dis-¹ + ability

Synonyms
1. disqualification, incompetence, incapability, impotence. Disability, inability imply a lack of power or ability. A disability is some disqualifying deprivation or loss of power, physical or other: excused because of a physical disability; a temporary disability. Inability is a lack of ability, usually because of an inherent lack of talent, power, etc.: inability to talk, to do well in higher mathematics.

Antonyms
1. ability, capacity.

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Disability has a plethora of syllables.

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an obscure term ostensibly referring to a lung disease caused by silica dust, sometimes cited as one of the longest words in the English language.

the estimation of something as valueless (encountered mainly as an example of one of the longest words in the English language).

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Example Sentences

Under the law regarding separate state schools, deaf children are no different from any other disability.

Most people will experience a physical or mental disability during their lifetimes.

He mainly practices disability law, with good reason.

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Under the law regarding separate state schools, deaf children are no different from any other disability.

Most people will experience a physical or mental disability during their lifetimes.

He mainly practices disability law, with good reason.

One of the reasons they gave for not enforcing their claim was my disability.

But his disability has hardly impeded his meteoric rise to international renown.

In the civilian world, it's illegal to deny health coverage or disability benefits on the basis of genetic information.

Eiesland's contribution was to articulate a coherent theology of disability.

Disability benefits have been generous, and qualification for the scheme has been lightly policed.

Although a disability for many,both fear and pain have saved life on more than one occasion.

The first criterion for calling something psychopathological is certainly disability.

Until recently, cognitive psychologists thought that dyslexia was a specific disability that affected only reading and writing.

They all have a disability in their ability to put themselves in another's shoes.

The precedents for the much more important battles that lie ahead-particularly over disability benefits-are not encouraging.

Sorry but you must have either a huge chip on your shoulder or a reading disability to have missed that.

People who are blind in one eye suffer from this disability.

Asbestos exposure has been a genuine public health calamity, having caused much death and disability among exposed workers.

We will also be able to expand the complexity and coverage of existing insurance, notably disability insurance.

More worrying, he says, is that rising obesity will lead to higher levels of disability.

And the poor also spend more of their shorter lives coping with a disability.

Disability insurance coverage can make a big difference in the lives of disabled workers and their families.

But there was little discrimination against disability if a pirate had a talent or agility deemed essential to running the ship.

Research has found that dyscalculia, a learning disability focused around number and math concepts, is as common as.

How to make sure disability insurance doesn't keep people unemployed forever.

The lifetime cost of disability benefits is significant.

Fixtures that reduce light pollution can actually make lighting safer, by reducing what's known as disability glare.

Many get by with help from a flawed federal disability program.

Such erroneous information could impact care quality or impede later efforts to obtain medical, life, or disability insurance.

The inquiry into the legitimacy of thousands of disability payments to retired railroad workers intensified.

Most of us will experience disability at sometime in our life.

Of course blind people have a disability and need special accommodation.

What sort of insurance you need in the event of untimely death or disability depends on what your objectives are.

So the film feeds the old lines that this is a nice guy with a disability who overcomes.

Bullock, a former oil worker on disability who lives with his wife, is ticked off about finding himself in the spotlight.

These tests have led to the reminder that not everyone's disability is the same.

They also found virtually no evidence of attempts to inflate disability claims.

When a veteran disputes the disability rating, the appeals process can be particularly slow, the court said.

Using standard behavioural tests, they concluded that the treated patients had lower disability scores.

Contrast the cost benefit ratio of the medical with the cost benefit rate of disability and other insurances.

The government cut benefits, raised charges and made it harder for workers to claim disability allowances.

We see disabled soldiers who can't get adequate disability payments.

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World English Dictionary

disability (ˌdɪsəˈbɪlɪtɪ)

—n , pl -ties
1.	the condition of being unable to perform a task or function because of a physical or mental impairment
2.	something that disables; handicap
3.	lack of necessary intelligence, strength, etc
4.	an incapacity in the eyes of the law to enter into certain transactions

usage Many deaf and hard of hearing people object to the use of the phrase hearing disability

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Word Origin & History

disability

1570s, from disable + -ity. Related: Disabilities.

American Heritage

Medical Dictionary

disability dis·a·bil·i·ty (dĭs'ə-bĭl'ĭ-tē)
n.
A disadvantage or deficiency, especially a physical or mental impairment that prevents or restricts normal achievement.

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