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English
Verb
handicapped
- simple past and past participle of handicap
Adjective
handicapped (comparative more handicapped, superlative most handicapped)
- Having a handicap.
- (derogatory) Limited by an impediment of some kind.
Usage notes
Many health advocates advise against describing a disabled person as being handicapped.
Derived terms
Translations
having a handicap
- Azerbaijani: əlil (az)
- Catalan: disminuït (ca), minusvàlid (ca)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 殘疾人 / 残疾人 (zh) (cánjírén), 殘疾 / 残疾 (zh) (cánjí)
- Dutch: gehandicapt (nl), behinderd, invalide (nl), andersvalide (nl), mindervalide (nl), gebrekkig (nl), beperkt (nl)
- Finnish: vammainen (fi), vajaakykyinen (fi)
- French: handicapé (fr) m
- Georgian: please add this translation if you can
- German: behindert (de)
- Greek: ανάπηρος (el) (anápiros)
- Hebrew: נכה (he) m (nakhe)
- Hungarian: fogyatékos (hu)
- Italian: handicappato (it) m
- Japanese: 障害者 (ja) (しょうがいしゃ, shōgaisha)
- Korean: 불리한 (bullihan)
- Latin: mancus, claudus
- Malay: kurang upaya
- Maori: hauā
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: funksjonshemmet
- Plautdietsch: behindat
- Polish: niepełnosprawny (pl)
- Portuguese: deficiente (pt)
- Russian: инвали́д (ru) (invalíd)
- Serbo-Croatian: хендикепиран, hendikepiran (sh)
- Sicilian: cappatu m
- Spanish: minusválido, discapacitado (es)
- Telugu: అవిటి (te) (aviṭi)
- Turkish: engelli (tr), özürlü (tr)
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Limited by an impediment of some kind
See also
Noun
handicapped (plural handicappeds)
- (India) A disabled person.