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crippled
[ krip-uhld ]
adjective
- Offensive.
- relating to a person who is partially or totally unable to use one or more limbs.
- relating to a person who is disabled or impaired in any way.
- not operating or performing at the customary level; impaired; weakened:
Significant progress has been made in repairing the crippled power plant.
A telecommunications firm has signed a deal to get their crippled company back in business.
Sensitive Note
Other 51Թ Forms
- ܲ·· adjective
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of crippled1
Example Sentences
In return, Iran was to be offered relief from sanctions, which have crippled its economy.
“So I’m like, great, now I’m going to die, he’s going to be 6 years old, he’s only going to know a crippled father,” he said.
That was the year when dual strikes by writers and actors crippled the local production economy for months.
Years of violence have crippled the economy, supercharged inflation, and plunged the country into a humanitarian crisis.
Millions of people have been displaced, and government and medical infrastructure has been crippled.
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