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  • verb Present participle of handicap.

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Examples

  • My two sons are 5 years apart, so handicapping is particularly important for multiplayer games.

    Economics in Candyland, Bryan Caplan | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009

  • "I don't like the idea of handicapping a coach by saying he's got to keep this guy or you've got this player we've already signed and you have to keep him whether he fits or not," said Nix.

    Buffalo Bills : LatestHeadlines Chris Brown, Lead Journalist 2010

  • I like this idea a lot in theory but I question how the determination and subsequent "handicapping" of individuals fitness levels would work in practice.

    Economics and charity runs, Eric Crampton | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009

  • They out-handicapped everyone on the goddamn farm and they didn't even know the horse betting term "handicapping"!

    haloaskew Diary Entry haloaskew 2005

  • Johnnic CEO Paul Edwards said government was "handicapping" the group by not giving all the answers needed for it to invest in the

    ANC Daily News Briefing 2001

  • The lingo of horse racing, with words like "handicapping" and "top runners," is being applied to two men: W.shington Archbishop Donald W. W.erl and Archbishop Raymond L. Burke, prefect of the Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura, the Vatican's highest court.

    The Washington Times stories: Latest Headlines 2010

  • The lingo of horse racing, with words like "handicapping" and "top runners," is being applied to two men: W.shington Archbishop Donald W. W.erl and Archbishop Raymond L. Burke, prefect of the Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura, the Vatican's highest court.

    The Washington Times stories: Latest Headlines 2010

  • Sir Alex Ferguson has slammed the FA and accused them of "handicapping" England's chances of success at the World Cup by refusing to introduce a winter break.

    ManUtd.com News RSS 2010

  • We care about this kind of handicapping because it gives us a chance, after Harper's cabinet re-alignment earlier this month, to take stock of who's getting what done for this minority government and what lessons other cabinet ministers - I'm looking at you Jim Prentice and Tony Clement - might learn from these successes.

    Winnipeg Sun 2010

  • For instance, even the most scrupulous "handicapping" system can make little allowance for the indolence of a horse like Sea The Stars, whose superiority always seemed masked by an inclination to take it easy once he had hit the front.

    The Independent - Frontpage RSS Feed 2009

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