disabling
disabling adjective: that disables; crippling. Also the present participle and gerund of disable.
Adjective
disabling (comparative more disabling, superlative most disabling)
- That disables; crippling.
- Rationing decisions that accept people's 'needs' for physical care and limited domestic help, while rejecting demands to support integrated social activities as 'wants', legitimise some of our most disabling cultural values.2004, John Swain, Sally French, Colin Barnes, Disabling Barriers, Enabling Environments, page 262
- Among physical conditions, neurological disorders are the most disabling conditions across all dimensions of disability consistently across the two higher country income levels.2013, Jordi Alonso, Somnath Chatterji, Yanling He, The Burdens of Mental Disorders, page 193
Also used as
disabling is also the present participle and gerund of disable.
disabling meaning in Tamil, Marathi, Urdu and Bengali
disabling in Tamil
- செயலிழக்கச் செய்தல், செயலிழக்கச் செய்வது
disabling in Marathi
- अक्षम करत आहे
disabling in Urdu
- غیر فعال کرنا
disabling in Bengali
- নিষ্ক্রিয় করা হচ্ছে, অক্ষম করা হচ্ছে
More languagesFewer languages
- disabling in Telugu
- నిలిపివేయబడుతున్నది
- disabling in Malayalam
- പ്രവർത്തനരഹിതമാക്കുന്നു, പ്രവർത്തനരഹിതമാക്കൽ
- disabling in Kannada
- ನಿಷ್ಕ್ರಿಯಗೊಳಿಸಲಾಗುತ್ತಿದೆ, ನಿಷ್ಕ್ರಿಯಗೊಳಿಸುವುದು
- disabling in Odia
- ନିଷ୍କ୍ରିଯ଼ କରିବା, ନିଷ୍କ୍ରିଯ଼ କରୁଛି, ନିଷ୍କ୍ରିଯ଼ କରାଯାଉଛି
- disabling in Nepali
- निष्क्रिय गर्दै, असक्षम गर्दै, असक्षम पार्दै
Forms of disabling
| comparative | more disabling |
|---|---|
| superlative | most disabling |
Words formed from disabling
Questions about disabling
- What does disabling mean?
- Disabling means that disables; crippling.
- What is disabling in Tamil?
- Disabling in Tamil is செயலிழக்கச் செய்தல், செயலிழக்கச் செய்வது. See Disabling meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is disabling?
- Disabling is an adjective.
Words near disabling in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: disabling (page history and authors); disabling (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); disabling (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); disabling (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); disabling (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); disabling (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); disabling (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); disabling (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); disabling (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); disabling (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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