disabilities

NOUN

disadvantage, restriction

Synonyms

STRONGEST

ailment defect impairment infirmity injury

STRONG

affliction detriment disqualification drawback inability incapacity incompetency inexperience invalidity lack unfitness weakness

Antonyms

STRONGEST

health strength

STRONG

ability advantage benefit extra help

WEAK

fitness

Example Sentences

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Ask the average person what homelessness looks like in America, and the answer invariably involves urban encampments—people with severe mental disabilities or serious addictions living in tents and squalor.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026

The program, which was created by Congress in 1965, provides training for vulnerable older adults including veterans, people with disabilities, those with limited education, people with limited English skills and those at risk of homelessness.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 9, 2026

There are communities of people with visual impairments, or other disabilities.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 4, 2026

"It just feels like we're stuck in one place, And I don't think it's just epilepsy, I think it's disabilities on the whole."

From BBC • Jun. 4, 2026

Then he said something about how you can see the sweating but the learning disabilities are invisible.

From "The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle" by Leslie Connor