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dis⋅a⋅bled
[dis-ey-buh
ld] 
–adjective
| 1. | crippled; injured; incapacitated. |
–noun
| 2. | (used with a plural verb) persons who are crippled, injured, or incapacitated (usually prec. by the): Ramps have been installed at the entrances to accommodate the disabled. |
dis⋅a⋅ble
[dis-ey-buhl] –verb (used with object), -bled, -bling.
| 1. | to make unable or unfit; weaken or destroy the capability of; cripple; incapacitate: He was disabled by blindness. |
| 2. | to make legally incapable; disqualify. |
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| dis·a·ble (dĭs-ā'bəl) tr.v. dis·a·bled, dis·a·bling, dis·a·bles
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| dis·a·bled (dĭs-ā'bəld) adj.
Usage Note: Disabled is the clear preference in contemporary American English in referring to people having either physical or mental impairments, with the impairments themselves preferably termed disabilities. Handicapped—a term derived from the world of sports gambling—is still in wide use but is sometimes taken to be offensive, while more recent coinages such as differently abled or handicapable have been generally perceived as condescending euphemisms and have gained little currency. · The often-repeated recommendation to put the person before the disability would favor persons with disabilities over disabled persons and person with paraplegia over paraplegic. Such expressions are said to focus on the individual rather than on the particular functional limitation. Respect for the preferences of this group calls for observing this rule, especially in formal contexts, but the "person-first" construction has not found wide acceptance with the general public, perhaps because it sounds somewhat unnatural or possibly because in English the last word in a phrase tends to have the greatest weight, thus undercutting the intended purpose. See Usage Note at handicapped. |
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Main Entry: disabled
Function: adjective
: having a disability
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Language Translation for : disabled
Spanish:
minusválido,
German:
körperbehindert,
Japanese:
身体障害の
Main Entry: dis·abled
Function: adjective
: incapacitated by illness, injury, or wounds; broadly : physically or mentally impaired
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disabled dis·a·bled (dĭs-ā'bəld)
adj.
Impaired, as in physical functioning. n.
Physically impaired people considered as a group. Often used with the.
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