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Definition of Handicapped

1. Adjective. Incapable of functioning as a consequence of injury or illness.

2. Noun. People collectively who are crippled or otherwise physically handicapped. "Technology to help the elderly and the disabled"

Definition of Handicapped

1. Verb. (past of handicap) ¹

2. Adjective. Having a handicap. ¹

3. Adjective. (derogatory) Limited by an impediment of some kind. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Handicapped

1. handicap [v] - See also: handicap

Lexicographical Neighbors of Handicapped

handguard handguards handgun handguns handheld handheld drill handhelds handhold handholding handholdings

handholds handi-craftsman handi-craftsmen handicap handicapitalism handicapped (current term) handicapped-accessible handicapped permit handicapped person handicapped sign

handicapped space handicapper handicappers handicapping handicaps handicraft handicrafter handicrafters handicraftman handicraftmen

Literary usage of Handicapped

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Journal of Educational Research by American Educational Research Association (1922)
"Among the most important types of handicapped children needing special treatment are the blind, semi-sighted, deaf, ..."

2. Social Work by Edward Thomas Devine (1922)
"A man who is lame or blind or deaf or handicapped by a racing heart or scarified lung tissue may still, ordinarily, lead a productive life and have his ..."

3. The Social Welfare Forum: Official Proceedings [of The] Annual Meeting by National Conference on Social Welfare, American Social Science Association (1921)
"For these the school has responded with open-air classes, special feeding, rest periods, and the like. Granted the greater needs of the handicapped child, ..."

4. Proceedings of the Conference on Social Insurance by Royal Meeker, United States Bureau of Labor Statistics (1917)
"What to do with the worker handicapped by disablement through accident or disease is one ... For years we have been regardless of the handicapped workers, ..."

5. The Offender and His Relations to Law and Society by Burdette Gibson Lewis (1921)
"Physical and Mental Status: The Physically handicapped. ... Many of these broken and handicapped men become delinquent and find their way into the courts ..."

6. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"The finest are to be seen at the Louvre and in the Bonnat Collection at Paris and Bayonne. these exceptional gifts were handicapped by an extreme lack of ..."

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