disabled

adj, noun — 4 senses

disabled

adj

UK [dɪsˈɛɪ̯bəɫd]

Etymology From disable + -ed.

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.1911 March, “From Brittania Lodge, No. 361”, in Railway Carmen's Journal, volume 16, number 3, page 129:

2

Having a disability.

3

Law Legally disqualified.

Synonyms: incapacitated, indisposed, invalid
Antonyms: abled, enabled
Derived terms: antidisabled, disabledness, multidisabled, neurodisabled, nondisabled, predisabled, semidisabled, undisabled, intellectually disabled, learning-disabled, print-disabled, disabled list, disabled sport

disabled

noun

Etymology From disable + -ed.

1

Nonstandard One who is disabled. (often used collectively as the disabled, but sometimes also singular)

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