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crippled

[ krip-uhld ]

adjective

  1. Offensive.
    1. relating to a person who is partially or totally unable to use one or more limbs.
    2. relating to a person who is disabled or impaired in any way.
  2. 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.



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Sensitive Note

Why is crippled offensive? See cripple ( def ).
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • ܲ·· adjective
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of crippled1

First recorded in 1300–50; cripple ( def ) (verb) + -ed 2( def )
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In return, Iran was to be offered relief from sanctions, which have crippled its economy.

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“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.

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That was the year when dual strikes by writers and actors crippled the local production economy for months.

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Years of violence have crippled the economy, supercharged inflation, and plunged the country into a humanitarian crisis.

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Millions of people have been displaced, and government and medical infrastructure has been crippled.

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