Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Physically or mentally disabled.
- adjective Intended for people who have a disability.
- noun People who have a disability considered as a group. Often used with the.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective suffering from a handicap (in senses 4 or 5); disabled; at a disadvantage.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
handicap . - adjective Having a
handicap . - adjective derogatory Limited by an
impediment of some kind.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun people collectively who are crippled or otherwise physically handicapped
- adjective incapable of functioning as a consequence of injury or illness
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Examples
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Providing services for the handicapped is a wonderful thing.
Sound Politics: "Should the Handicapped Be Banned From Express Buses?" 2006
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Some guy put an “Impeach Obama” bumper sticker on his car thinking it would let him park in handicapped parking spaces.
Think Progress » ‘Impeach Obama’ billboard ‘not meant to allege any impeachable offense.’ 2010
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This example seems absurd, but the actual result of depriving kids of the kind of science that will allow them to compete in a world not similarly handicapped is similar in terms of effect.
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Some guy put an “Impeach Obama” bumper sticker on his car thinking it would let him park in handicapped parking spaces.
Think Progress » ‘Impeach Obama’ billboard ‘not meant to allege any impeachable offense.’ 2010
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The Social Planning and Research Council of British Columbia (SPARC BC) reminds everyone that parking unnecessarily in handicapped or wheelchair spaces can have undesirable consequences.
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Court finds McNabb, Trotter guilty in handicapped parking case
USATODAY.com - Notes: Bills sign Gibson; Condon on move; McNabb pays up 2006
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I continue to be stunned every time they are published - how we accept generation after generation of these kids to be educationally handicapped is beyond me.
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Those hand rails in handicapped bathrooms suddenly make so much sense.
Ow « Dyepot, Teapot 2006
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They weren't the ones who left their trucks in handicapped-parking zones, but a pair of Philadelphia Eagles stars were convicted Wednesday of parking offenses in cases brought by an activist who relentlessly guards such parking spots in this Philadelphia suburb.
USATODAY.com - Notes: Bills sign Gibson; Condon on move; McNabb pays up 2006
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The military and diplomatic effort in Afghanistan was handicapped from the start because the Administration had other concerns, and it ended badly even though it started well.
Bush's Lost Year 2004
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