Disability

/dɪsəˈbɪlɪti/

Synonyms for "disability" (131 found)

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Closest matches (27)

Noun(4 words)
impairmentbarrierbeing unable to workcrippling
abnormalityacute diseaseaffectionafflictionailmentallergic diseaseallergyatrophybacterial diseasebirth defectblightcardiovascular diseasechronic diseasecirculatory diseasecomplaintcomplicationconditioncongenital defectdefectdeficiency disease
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deformitydegenerative diseasedetriment

Strong matches (39)

Noun(11 words)
disablementdisadvantagediseasedisorderdisqualificationdistemperdrawbackendemicendemic diseaseendocrine diseaseepidemic diseasefunctional diseasefungus diseasegastrointestinal diseasegenetic diseasehandicaphelplessnesshereditary diseaseiatrogenic diseaseillness
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Adjective(1 words)
functional impairment

Related words (65)

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occupational diseaseorganic diseasepandemic diseasepathological conditionpathologypipplant diseasepowerlessnessprotozoan diseasepsychosomatic diseaserespiratory diseaserockinesssecondary diseaseseedinesssickishnesssicknesssignsignssymptomsymptomatologysymptomologysymptomssyndromethe piptroubleunfitnessurogenital diseasevirus diseasewardshipwasting diseaseworm disease
Noun(12 words)
incapacityinvalidinginvalidismlaminglimitationmaimingmarginalizationpolicy categoryrights categorysensory impairmentwere unable to workwork incapacity
Determiner(1 words)
no capacity for work
Adjective(1 words)
unable to work now

Related word relations

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More general

5 entries
functional limitationhealth conditionsocial categorysoftnessunfitness

More specific

10 entries
accommodation rightsarchitectural barrierattitudinal barrierbenefits eligibilitydisability ratinghearing disabilityintellectual disabilitymobility disabilityparticipation restrictionvisual disability

Collocations

5 entries
disability benefitsdisability insurancedisability policydisability rightsdisability studies

Inflections

1 entries

Derivations

1 entries

Sample sentences

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Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Everyone has the right to a standard of living adequate for the health and well-being of himself and of his family, including food, clothing, housing and medical care and necessary social services, and the right to security in the event of unemployment, sickness, disability, widowhood, old age or other lack of livelihood in circumstances beyond his control.

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It seems as if dishonorable, labyrinthine, deliberately confusing economic policies have earned more support from the president than every physical and mental disability combined.

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The World Health Organization says alcohol abuse is the third leading cause of death and disability in the world.

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I have a disability.

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