crippled en · ADJ
Pronunciation
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- /ˈkɹɪpəld/
Meanings
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(offensive, usually) Having a less than fully functional limb, or injuries which prevent full mobility.
So they gathered the crippled, the wounded, the maimed, and they shipped us back home to Australia. The legless, the armless, the blind, the insane, those proud wounded heroes of Suvla.
1971, Eric Bogle, “And the Band Played Waltzing Matilda”:A crippled man, twenty years older than you, whom you will have to wait on?
1848, Charlotte Bronte, chapter 17, in Jane Eyre, archived from the original on 11 Aug 2014:
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(informal) Having any difficulty or impediment which can be likened to a crippling injury.
a crippled version of the software, lacking many features
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sv lytt (having a physical impediment) · pt coxo (having a physical impediment) · la mancus (having a physical impediment) · ro schilod (having a physical impediment) · ren jo (having a physical impediment) · bg сакат (having a physical impediment) · el ανάπηρος (having a physical impediment) · ru изуве́ченный (having a physical impediment) · gl eivado (having a physical impediment) · eo kripla (having a physical impediment) · ga creapailte (having a physical impediment) · pl kaleki (having a physical impediment) · es cojo (having a physical impediment) · pt aleijado (having a physical impediment) · da forkrøblet (having a physical impediment) · el σακάτης (having a physical impediment) · it zoppo (having a physical impediment) · it storpio (having a physical impediment) · eo lama (having a physical impediment) · he נָכֶה (having a physical impediment) · fr estropié (having a physical impediment) · nl kreupel (having a physical impediment) · la claudus (having a physical impediment) · es lisiado (having a physical impediment) · ro infirm (having a physical impediment) · az şikəst (having a physical impediment) · ota چولاق (having a physical impediment) · ota قولاق (having a physical impediment) · de verkrüppelt (having a physical impediment) · hy խեղանդամ (having a physical impediment) · got 𐌲𐌰𐌼𐌰𐌹𐌸𐍃 (having a physical impediment) · fi rampa (having a physical impediment) · pl okaleczony (having a physical impediment) · ccc kos̈ho (having a physical impediment) · gl tolleito (having a physical impediment) · hu béna (having a physical impediment) · hu kripli (having a physical impediment) · nl verminkt (having a physical impediment) · bn খোঁড়া (having a physical impediment) · hu nyomorék (having a physical impediment) · ru искале́ченный (having a physical impediment) · ca esguerrat (having a physical impediment) · sa रण्ड (having a physical impediment)