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gravitationally-challenged

gravitationally-challenged is the alternative form of gravitationally challenged.

Meaning of gravitationally challenged

Adjective

gravitationally challenged (comparative more gravitationally challenged, superlative most gravitationally challenged)

  1. (euphemistic, humorous) Fat.
    • [T]he chunky Mr. Ackerman took to the stage. First he told fat jokes. . . . "I'm not fat. I'm gravitationally challenged."1996 March 3, Diane Ketcham, “Long Island Journal”, in New York Times, retrieved 29 Aug 2010
  2. (euphemistic, humorous, often) Of a person, having a poor sense of balance; subject to intervals of dizziness.
    • Consider that the person asking is Mr. Bean, the diminutive, awkward, gravitationally challenged, accident-prone incarnation served up by Rowan Atkinson.2003 July 18, Leonard Klady, “MCM Review: Johnny English”, in Movie City News, retrieved 29 Aug 2010

Forms of gravitationally-challenged

comparativemore gravitationally-challenged
superlativemost gravitationally-challenged

Questions about gravitationally-challenged

What is gravitationally-challenged the alternative form of?
Gravitationally-challenged is the alternative form of gravitationally challenged.

Words near gravitationally-challenged in the dictionary

  1. gravitationality
  2. gravitationally
  3. gravitationally challenged
  4. gravitationally interacting massive particle
  5. gravitationally interacting massive particles
  6. gravitationally-challenged
  7. gravitationless
  8. gravitations
  9. gravitative
  10. gravitator
  11. gravitators

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