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lower-functioning

lower-functioning is the comparative form of low-functioning.

Meaning of low-functioning

Adjective

low-functioning (comparative more low-functioning or lower-functioning, superlative most low-functioning or lowest-functioning)

  1. Functioning or operating at a low level.
  2. Of a person with a developmental or intellectual disability or mental illness, unable to function in society; greatly affected by a disability or illness.
  3. Of a person with autism, exhibiting relatively low cognitive function.

Questions about lower-functioning

What is lower-functioning the comparative form of?
Lower-functioning is the comparative form of low-functioning.

Words near lower-functioning in the dictionary

  1. lower-density
  2. lower-down
  3. lower-emission
  4. lower-end
  5. lower-fat
  6. lower-functioning
  7. lower-grade
  8. lower-growing
  9. lower-heeled
  10. lower-income
  11. lower-IQ

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