Antonyms for handicapped

Grammar : Adj

Spell : han-dee-kapt

Phonetic Transcription : ˈhæn diˌkæpt

Definition of handicapped

Origin : "disabled," 1915, past participle adjective from handicap (v.). Originally especially of children. Meaning "handicapped persons generally" is attested by 1958.

adj thwarted

Example sentences :

You will not want the care of her––young people should not be handicapped in that way.
Extract from : « Rim o' the World » by B. M. Bower

I will plod for hours and hours at a time, and at every turn I am handicapped.
Extract from : « Psychotherapy » by Hugo Mnsterberg

You overweight your boy going off and he will be handicapped out of the race, too.
Extract from : « Sonnie-Boy's People » by James B. Connolly

They were handicapped by the burros, though, which helped us.
Extract from : « Pluck on the Long Trail » by Edwin L. Sabin

He was handicapped as he had been all along by the absence of the vines one could use for lashings.
Extract from : « Storm Over Warlock » by Andre Norton

Arcot examined it carefully, handicapped somewhat by its heat.
Extract from : « The Black Star Passes » by John W Campbell

This handicapped him in private practice and in some measure as a lecturer.
Extract from : « Victorian Worthies » by George Henry Blore

Owing to an unfortunate incident he was handicapped at the start.
Extract from : « Victorian Worthies » by George Henry Blore

Course, he had to go in disguise, but he was handicapped by havin' red hair.
Extract from : « Torchy and Vee » by Sewell Ford

Why should he remember he was handicapped, by a pretty woman and a pathetic episode?
Extract from : « Found At Blazing Star » by Bret Harte

Synonyms for handicapped

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