Crippling
['krɪplɪŋ]
Definition
(adj.) that cripples or disables or incapacitates; 'a crippling injury' .
Checker: Rowena--From WordNet
Definition
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Cripple
(n.) Spars or timbers set up as a support against the side of a building.
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Examples
- The effect of this situation in crippling the teacher's sense of humor has not received the attention which it deserves. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- The crippling stones of the pavement, with their many little reservoirs of mud and water, had no footways, but broke off abruptly at the doors. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- It is possible to induce undue and crippling dependence upon sense-presentations. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
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