crippled

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Adjective

crippled

  1. (usually offensive) Having a less than fully functional limb, or injuries which prevent full mobility.
    • 1848, Charlotte Bronte, chapter 17, in Jane Eyre‎, archived from the original on 11 August 2014:
      A crippled man, twenty years older than you, whom you will have to wait on?
  2. (usually offensive) Having any difficulty or impediment which can be likened to a crippling injury.

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crippled

  1. simple past and past participle of cripple
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