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Disabled

adj, noun, verb

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Made incapable of use or action.

    "In the car department we would repair cars that were disabled and placed in bad order by a bunch of scalies taking the place of striking switchmen, engineers, Firemen, etc."

  2. 2
    Having a disability.
  3. 3
    Legally disqualified.
Adjective
  1. 1
    the total or partial absence of a person's bodily or mental functions, including the absence of a part of a person's body wordnet
Noun
  1. 1
    One who is disabled. (often used collectively as the disabled, but sometimes also singular) nonstandard
  2. 2
    people collectively who are crippled or otherwise physically handicapped wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    simple past and past participle of disable form-of, participle, past

Etymology

Etymology 1

From disable + -ed.

Etymology 2

From disable + -ed.

Etymology 3

From disable + -ed.

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