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Definition of Disabled

1. Noun. People collectively who are crippled or otherwise physically handicapped. "Technology to help the elderly and the disabled"

2. Adjective. Incapable of functioning as a consequence of injury or illness.

Definition of Disabled

1. Adjective. Made incapable of use or action. ¹

2. Adjective. Having a disability, especially physical. ¹

3. Adjective. (legal) Legally disqualified. ¹

4. Noun. Those who are disabled, regarded collectively or as a social group. ¹

5. Verb. (past of disable) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Disabled

1. disable [v] - See also: disable

Lexicographical Neighbors of Disabled

dis- dis-ease dis legomena dis legomenon disabilities disability disability benefit disability check disability evaluation disability insurance

disability of walking disability payment disablable disable disableable disabled (current term) disabled children disabled person disabled persons disableism

disableist disablement disablements disableness disabler disablers disables disabling disablingly disablism

Literary usage of Disabled

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Chronological History of the West Indies by Thomas Southey (1827)
"The Breda was disabled in her rigging, but continued to chase them, keeping the signal for action flying; but Captain Kirby, of the Defiance, went on board ..."

2. Bulletin by Federal Board for Vocational Education, United States (1917)
"disabled Sailors and Soldiers Committee. disabled sailors and soldiers. Report * * * upon the provision of employment for sailors and soldiers disabled in ..."

3. Federal Benefits for Veterans and Dependents (1993)
"Special disabled veterans, covered throughout their working lives, are those veterans entitled to compensation — or veterans who but for the receipt of ..."

4. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1885)
"for disabled Soldiers In Milwaukee, had no authority to contract with an officer of the Institution that he should receive compensation or pecuniary ..."

5. Opportunity 2000: Creative Affirmative Action Strategies for a Changing (1988)
"Sensitivity Training for Non-disabled Employees Even before a disabled person comes to work for a company, management can begin to remove barriers to his or ..."

6. Army and Navy Pension Laws, and Bounty Land Laws of the United States by Ferdinand Moulton (1852)
"An act for the relief of certain officers and soldiers, who have been wounded or disabled in the actual service of the United States. ..."

7. Poverty and Dependency: Their Relief and Prevention by John Lewis Gillin (1921)
"The cripple through accident often needs different treatment from the disabled through disease. The latter often suffers from a mental distortion consequent ..."

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