disabled
English
Etymology
From disable + -ed.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): [dɪsˈeɪbəɫd]
Adjective
disabled (comparative more disabled, superlative most disabled)
- Made incapable of use or action.
- 1911, "From Brittania Lodge, No. 361", Railway Carmen's Journal, Vol. 16, No. 3, March 1911, page 129:
- In the car department we would repair cars that were disabled and placed in bad order by a bunch of scalies taking the place of striking switchmen, engineers, Firemen, etc.
- 1911, "From Brittania Lodge, No. 361", Railway Carmen's Journal, Vol. 16, No. 3, March 1911, page 129:
- Having a disability.
- (law) Legally disqualified.
Synonyms
- incapacitated
- indisposed
- invalid
Antonyms
- enabled
Derived terms
- antidisabled
- disabledness
- multidisabled
- nondisabled
- undisabled
Compound words
- intellectually disabled
- learning-disabled
- print-disabled (or print disabled)
Expressions
- disabled list
- disabled sport
Translations
made incapable of use or action
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having a disability
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for the use of people with physical disabilities
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legally disqualified
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Noun
disabled (usually uncountable, plural disableds)
- One who is disabled. (often used collectively as the disabled, but sometimes also singular)
Translations
disabled one
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the disabled collectively
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Verb
disabled
- simple past tense and past participle of disable