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handicapped

adjective as in (offensive) having a disability

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Leavitt said that Newsom and Karen Bass, the mayor of Los Angeles, have “handicapped” the Los Angeles Police Department, “who are trying to do their jobs.”

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Then, even ratings dropped halfway through the pilot because we ended the second act with Eli, the handicapped kid in the school, breaking his arm and screaming in pain on the ground.

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Some clearly display handicapped plaques as they go to the store.

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“Actually, I thought, ‘What’s the difference — being handicapped in Hollywood or being a woman over 50?’”

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Efoghe said the Nigerian embassy in Tripoli was "handicapped" and could not intervene because of the political situation.

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