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[dis-ey-buhld]

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crippled; injured; incapacitated.

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noun

(used with a plural verb) persons who are crippled, injured, or incapacitated (usually preceded by the): Ramps have been installed at the entrances to accommodate the disabled.

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Origin:
1625–35; disable + -ed²

Related forms

non·dis·a·bled, noun, adjective

sem·i·dis·a·bled, adjective

un·dis·a·bled, adjective

Example Sentences

The device has also found advocates among educators and, in many remarkable ways, among the disabled.

And now we've disabled an entire generation with physical and psychological problems with two pointless wars.

Disabled people get an equally good deal: excellent day-care centres, adapted cars and cash help for holidays.

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The device has also found advocates among educators and, in many remarkable ways, among the disabled.

And now we've disabled an entire generation with physical and psychological problems with two pointless wars.

Disabled people get an equally good deal: excellent day-care centres, adapted cars and cash help for holidays.

He's galvanized the disabled individuals of his country.

Among those that don't, it's roughly estimated that a third can be disabled.

He became ill and disabled and spent the last years of his life in an insane asylum.

Blaming other races or the mentally disabled for economic problems got a de facto stamp of approval from this so-called science.

California law allows those with disabled placards or plates to park at metered spots at no charge, and for an indefinite time.

Photo captions are included by default, but may be disabled.

America wants to discard these disabled people as if they are used furniture.

The success boosts hopes for mind-controlled robotic prosthetics that may help disabled humans achieve some mobility.

Then they excluded human genes that also exist in primate relatives, but are disabled.

Among the promoters of electronic voting machines are advocates for disabled voters.

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

However, her son was healthy so no one could accuse her of wanting to kill him because he was disabled.

It's an insult to the genuinely disabled to call the obese disabled.

To double-check, the team disabled the gene in another worm.

Disabled genes, molecular relics scattered across the human genomic landscape, have a story of their own to tell.

If you are staying close to your disabled vehicle, stay behind it, not in front of it.

Getting off the ground is difficult enough for the disabled traveler.

They are physically disabled people trying to retrain themselves for a new career.

Such industries also employ disabled and older workers on low pay.

It holds the remains of a person who lived for some time with growths on his chest bone and a disabled arm.

Migraines and vestibular problems did not qualify me as disabled in my state.

To receive any reading materials, the blind and disabled must prove their condition, he said.

Customers and clients are uncomfortable in the presence of disabled employees.

Although the act has succeeded in helping many genuinely disabled people into jobs, it has also sown huge confusion.

One took off in entirely the wrong direction and had to be disabled by remote control.

In many types of cancer, p53 is disabled and cannot fulfill its role as a tumor suppressor.

People who lack one are considered developmentally challenged, even disabled.

Next, he examined those cells to see whether they started making the previously disabled viruses.

These kinds of systems could eventually open new doors for the disabled.

Some people do something for the disabled or something.

Many disabled people, in particular, welcome the opportunity to take control of their own destinies.

My vehicle comes to a hasty halt as a disabled car emerges abruptly from the murk dead ahead.

For certain children, they see people who are disabled and decide they want to be that way.

The disabled appear to do marginally better academically in mainstream settings.

In tumor cells, these genetic pathways are essentially disabled because the cells are programmed solely to grow and divide.

The government will tighten welfare for single parents, some disabled people and others, all designed to nudge them into jobs.

The charging infrastructure needs to include disabled veterans, children and the elderly that use wheelchairs for getting around.

But cutting benefits aimed at the disabled is politically tricky.

Severely disabled patients exploring rugged mountains and valleys.

One is retiring early, even though his wife is disabled and they can't really afford it.

Many were pensioned off as long-term sick or disabled rather than continuing to seek work.

The first is that he has severely disabled the system of factions which had long run the party.

Gyroscopically balanced scooters have given disabled people a new grasp on mobility.

If you want caregiving services for disabled, it's going to mean your going to the homes of disabled people and helping them.

While cars can be modified so the disabled can drive, there have been.

Many support outlets are intended for disabled children themselves or for their parents, often leaving their siblings overlooked.

Some are physically disabled and have trouble getting around.

But in cancer cells this mechanism has often been genetically disabled or otherwise broken, allowing tumors to proliferate.

The building is ancient and to accommodate disabled people would require some serious redesign.

His more kindly stepfather was a disabled civil-war veteran.

As well, the robotics should lead to better artificial legs and other devices to allow disabled people to walk.

AirTurn's foot-clicker may be too heavy or require too much force to be usable for some disabled users.

After one disabled veteran claimed his right to put a cart in front of the museum, several more followed.

Ultimately, if you're disabled you may have to take action to protect yourself.

When four were disabled in follow-up work, the worms still had a normal life span.

The bill would require that voting machines used for disabled voters provide a mechanism for voter verification as well.

Motion sensors trigger their cheerful chirping and movements but can also be disabled so you can enjoy these birds in silence.

Using an iPad is a simple, cost-effective solution for helping the elderly and disabled to cast their votes.

Standardized testing is my best hope of returning from a dozen years of fulltime parenting of a disabled child and his siblings.

He believes amputee football allows the disabled to present themselves in a more positive light.

Unattended children, mentally disabled people, or intoxicated adults might also not notice or properly report a bat bite.

Even those who survive preventable childhood illnesses are often either physically disabled or less educated.

He supports a wife and disabled child and two dogs in a tiny two-bedroom apartment in.

Disabled children are nine times more likely than others to end up in the care of the state.

The only women on the street were beggars-usually widows or wives of disabled men.

Touch-screens are easy to use and are flexible enough to accommodate disabled voters and multiple languages.

And, more recently, a string of hackers' attacks have temporarily disabled some of the best-known e-commerce websites.

My other half is disabled and cannot do weight bearing exercise.

But people who become disabled would be allowed to jump the queue.

Rufus had one foot mangled in a mower as a child and so lived his life disabled.

Although they'll work with any other iPod, the remote and microphone functions will be disabled.

Also, public schools' slightly lower test scores may reflect disabled students being mainstreamed.

The event is designed to explore how computers can help disabled or handicapped people.

For stretches of years at various times in my life, some inflammatory condition has come and pretty near disabled me.

We see those severely disabled soldiers shipped off to inadequate care in low-bid nursing homes.

These skills may also help the learning disabled improve speech comprehension.

They also would have had to re-record the audio ballot designed for disabled voters.

Officials then disabled the system while they investigated the source of the message.

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

The eventual result of these technologies will help aged and disabled people.

Buses, taxis, vehicles owned by the disabled and motorcycles would be exempted.

First of all, there is the age-old banking device: giving the disabled a walking stick.

They've done quite a good job of accessibility for disabled users.

The tsunami's waters flooded everything, and disabled the back-up power for cooling the reactor.

Three-wheeler stigma discourages disabled and older adults from riding the upright tricycles already on the market.

Once inside, an entire command center can be disabled by targeting the power supply.

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Dictionary.com Unabridged

verb (used with object), -bled, -bling.

to make unable or unfit; weaken or destroy the capability of; cripple; incapacitate: He was disabled by blindness.

to make legally incapable; disqualify.

Origin:
1475–85; dis-¹ + able

Related forms

dis·a·ble·ment, noun

dis·a·bler, noun

Synonyms
1. enfeeble, paralyze. See cripple.

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World English Dictionary

disabled (dɪˈseɪb^əld)

—*adj*
	a. lacking one or more physical powers, such as the ability to walk or to coordinate one's movements, as from the effects of a disease or accident, or through mental impairment
	b. (as collective noun; preceded by the): the disabled

usage Nowadays it is better to refer to people with physical disabilities of various kinds by describing the specific difficulty in question rather than talking about the disabled as a group, which is considered somewhat offensive. Some people also object to the word disabled to refer to facilities for people with disabilites, and prefer the word accessible.

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Word Origin & History

disable

mid-15c., from dis- "do the opposite of" (see dis-) + pp. of ablen (v.) "to make fit." Related: Disabled.

American Heritage

Medical Dictionary

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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