Handicapped
['hændɪkæpt]
Definition
(imp. & p. p.) of Handicap
Checked by Leroy
Examples
- To increase this smoothness of travel he added a system of spring carriage to his engine, and saved it from the jolting that had handicapped his first model. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- Inventors have found, however, that high speed is handicapped with certain limitations. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- He was handicapped by his short stature. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- The air-nitrogen industry in the United States is said to be considerably handicapped because the large quantities of electricity required are not available at a low enough price. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- If it is not, then when the time and place come for it to be used as a means or instrumentality, it will be in just that much handicapped. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- The fact that we were compelled to maintain utter secrecy has handicapped us terribly. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
Edited by Ervin