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lame

adjective as in unable to walk properly; injured

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Photographers captured the giant “burn book” she consulted through the hearing, which contained pages of reminders of these lame taunts.

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Those bills passed the Senate in December, but they stalled in the House during a lame duck session that saw little progress on any issue.

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Another woman said she felt it was a "lame excuse of travel logistics".

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It was a lame idea to begin with.

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Their defenses of her were weak and mealy-mouthed, mostly lame assertions that she's a good Christian — which is hard to square with all the lying.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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