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CRIPPLED
crippled, halt, halting, lame, gimpy, game
(adjective) disabled in the feet or legs; “a crippled soldier”; “a game leg”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Adjective
crippled
(usually offensive) Having a less than fully functional limb, or injuries which prevent full mobility.
(usually offensive) Having any difficulty or impediment which can be likened to a crippling injury.
Antonyms
• noncrippled
• uncrippled
Verb
crippled
simple past tense and past participle of cripple
Source: Wiktionary
Crip"pled (krp"p'ld), a.
Definition: Lamed; lame; disabled; impeded. "The crippled crone." Longfellow.
CRIPPLE
Crip"ple (krp"p'l), n. Etym: [OE. cripel, crepel, crupel, AS. crypel (akin to D. kreuple, G. kr, Dan. kr, Icel. kryppill), prop., one that can not walk, but must creep, fr. AS. cre to creep. See Creep.]
Definition: One who creeps, halts, or limps; one who has lost, or never had, the use of a limb or limbs; a lame person; hence, one who is partially disabled. I am a cripple in my limbs; but what decays are in my mind, the reader must determine. Dryden.
Crip"ple (krp"p'l), a.
Definition: Lame; halting. [R.] "The cripple, tardy-gaited night." Shak.
Crip"ple, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Crippled (-p'ld); p. pr. & vb. n. Crippling (-plng).]
1. To deprive of the use of a limb, particularly of a leg or foot; to lame. He had crippled the joints of the noble child. Sir W. Scott.
2. To deprive of strength, activity, or capability for service or use; to disable; to deprive of resources; as, to be financially crippled. More serious embarrassments . . . were crippling the energy of the settlement in the Bay. Palfrey. An incumbrance which would permanently cripple the body politic. Macaulay.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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(adjective) not tried or tested by experience; “unseasoned artillery volunteers”; “still untested in battle”; “an illustrator untried in mural painting”; “a young hand at plowing”
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