disabled
UK[dɪsˈɛɪ̯bəɫd]
disabled adjective: made incapable of use or action. Also the simple past and past participle of disable.
Adjective
disabled (comparative more disabled, superlative most disabled)
- Made incapable of use or action.
- In the car department we would repair cars that were disabled and placed in bad order by a bunch of scalies taking the place of striking switchmen, engineers, Firemen, etc.1911 March, “From Brittania Lodge, No. 361”, in Railway Carmen's Journal, volume 16, number 3, page 129
- Having a disability.
- Legally disqualified.
- Synonyms:
- lame
Noun
disabled (plural disabled or disableds)
- One who is disabled. (often used collectively as the disabled, but sometimes also singular)
Also used as
disabled is also the simple past and past participle of disable.
disabled meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Kannada
disabled in Hindi
- having a disability
- विकलांग viklāṅg, अपाहिज apāhij
- disabled one
- अपाहज apāhaj
disabled in Tamil
- ஊனமுற்றது, ஊனமுற்றவர், செயலிழக்கச் செய்தது
disabled in Urdu
- for the use of people with physical disabilities
- مَعْذُور maʻẕūr
- having a disability
- مَعْذُور maʻẕūr
disabled in Kannada
- ನಿಷ್ಕ್ರಿಯಗೊಳಿಸಲಾಗಿದೆ, ಅಂಗವಿಕಲ, ಅಂಗವಿಕಲಗೊಳಿಸಲಾಗಿದೆ
More languagesFewer languages
- disabled in Odia
- ନିଷ୍କ୍ରିଯ଼ କରାଯାଇଛି, ଅକ୍ଷମ କରାଯାଇଛି
- disabled in Nepali
- असक्षम गरियो
- disabled in Arabic
- مُعَوَّق muʕawwaq
- disabled in Persian
- معلول ma'lul
- disabled in Thai
- พิการ pí-gaan
- disabled in Myanmar
- ဒုက္ခိတ dukhki.ta.
Examples of disabled in a sentence
- Unfair discrimination between the able-bodied and the disabled is illegal in many places.
- I’m glad you want to be a better ally to the disabled.
- The government's blithe disregard for the needs of disabled people is outrageous.
Synonyms of disabled
Antonyms
Forms of disabled
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | more disabled |
| superlative | most disabled |
| Noun | |
| plural | disabled |
| plural | disableds |
Origin of disabled
From disable + -ed.
Words formed from disabled
Phrases with disabled
Questions about disabled
- What does disabled mean?
- Disabled means made incapable of use or action.
- What is disabled in Hindi?
- Disabled in Hindi is विकलांग (viklāṅg), अपाहिज (apāhij), अपाहज (apāhaj). See Disabled meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is disabled?
- Disabled can be an adjective or a noun.
- How do you pronounce disabled?
- Disabled is pronounced [dɪsˈɛɪ̯bəɫd] (UK).
Words near disabled in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: disabled (page history and authors); disabled (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); disabled (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); disabled (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); disabled (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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