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Definitions

Verb

1. 1
   simple past and past participle of challenge form-of, participle, past

Adjective

1. 1
   Disabled; lacking some physical or mental attribute or skill; used after adverbs to make politically correct adjectives. euphemistic

   "mentally challenged"

2. 2
   Used following adverbs to make adjectives in imitation of and mocking adjectives of this kind. humorous

   "He's not short; he's vertically challenged"

Synonyms

All synonyms

impaired

Example

More examples

"Betty challenged me to a game of tennis."

Related phrases

aurally challengedcerebrally challengedculinarily challengedemploymentally challengedesthetically challengedethically challengedethically-challengedethnically challengedfollically challengedfollicly challengedfollicularly challengedgeographically challenged

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