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humanly challenged

humanly challenged adjective: nonhuman; alien, paranormal, or supernatural.

Adjective

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

  1. (euphemistic, humorous) Nonhuman; alien, paranormal, or supernatural.
    • Robert: It's time we came clean about all our wrongdoings, Johnny. They're monsters now.
      Johnny: Rgh!
      Sanguinex: Hold it! We prefer the term "humanly challenged." Sigh, it's hard getting respect as a Dark Blader.2002, Beyblade, "A Majestic Battle... a Majestic Victory?" (episode 39)
    • ... And who was it that gave you to our humanly challenged parents?”2012, E R Byrt, The Alien Within: A Hero for Humanity, Strategic Book Publishing, →ISBN, page 281

Forms of humanly challenged

comparativemore humanly challenged
superlativemost humanly challenged

Origin of humanly challenged

Modeled after mentally challenged.

Questions about humanly challenged

What does humanly challenged mean?
Humanly challenged means nonhuman; alien, paranormal, or supernatural.
What part of speech is humanly challenged?
Humanly challenged is an adjective.

Words near humanly challenged in the dictionary

  1. humanlessness
  2. humanlike
  3. humanlikeness
  4. humanliness
  5. humanly
  6. humanly challenged
  7. humanly possible
  8. humanmade
  9. humanned
  10. humanness
  11. humannesses

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