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Handicapped

To encumber with a handicap in any contest.

📖 Definitions of "Handicapped"

verb
  1. 1

    To encumber with a handicap in any contest.

  2. 2

    (by extension) To place at disadvantage.

    "The candidate was handicapped by her lack of experience."

  3. 3

    To estimate betting odds.

    "Grandpa Andy would buy the racing form the day ahead of time so he could handicap the race before he even arrived at the track."

noun
  1. 1

    A disabled person.

adjective
  1. 1

    Having a handicap.

  2. 2

    Limited by an impediment of some kind.

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