handicapped

Example Sentences

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It may transpire that Verstappen's car was handicapped when he set his fastest time.

From BBC

“We may go anyway, not only to argue Greg’s case but that of Scouting’s approach to all handicapped persons,” Mr. Golden told The Associated Press.

From New York Times

From the start, Castillo, a rural schoolteacher in a poor Andean district, has been handicapped by his Cabinet choices, a number of whom have been accused of wrongdoing.

From Seattle Times

Little work is being done to fight the deep-seated stigma in a society that historically referred to disabled people as canji, characters that mean “handicapped” and “disease,” and canfei, characters that mean “handicapped” and “useless.”

From New York Times

“When he had his full leg, he was more handicapped than he is now without his leg. It was like a dead weight,” his mom recalls.

From Seattle Times