handicapped

Example Sentences

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He was an excellent fifth to Jagwar at last year's Cheltenham Festival and is now much better handicapped with that rival.

From BBC • Apr. 9, 2026

It has long been handicapped by a rule requiring full consensus among members, meaning decisions are few and far between.

From Barron's • Mar. 20, 2026

Hoy’s wife, Kathleen, said her late husband had medical issues, used handicapped parking and though he would sometimes “yell at traffic” she had never known him to draw his weapon.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 29, 2025

Cognitive fluency and watery judicial eyes aside, Arriaga and I are still handicapped without a PC.

From Slate • Sep. 17, 2024

From where she had been sitting, in a handicapped space by the exit, she could not see who had started it, but she knew one of her students was responsible.

From "The View From Saturday" by E.L. Konigsburg