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invalidi — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • cripple noun An outdated and now offensive term for a person with a serious physical disability.
  • disabled adj Having a lasting physical or mental condition that limits activity or function.
  • invalid adj Not legally or officially acceptable; not valid.

Senses

invalidi is used for these senses in English:

  • cripple (offensive) A person who has severely impaired physical abilities because of deformation, injury, or amputation of parts of the body.
  • disabled Having a disability.
  • disabled (nonstandard) One who is disabled. (often used collectively as the disabled, but sometimes also singular)
  • invalid (dated, sometimes, offensive) Any person with a disability or illness.

cripple — full definition

  1. noun An outdated and now offensive term for a person with a serious physical disability.
  2. verb To severely damage or disable something, physically or otherwise.

disabled — full definition

  1. adj Having a lasting physical or mental condition that limits activity or function.
  2. adj Made unable to work or operate; switched off.

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