disabled

Made incapable of use or action.

Adjective

  1. Made incapable of use or action.
    • In the car department we would repair cars that were disabled and placed in bad order by a bunch of scalies taking the place of striking switchmen, engineers, Firemen, etc. - 1911 March, “From Brittania Lodge, No. 361”,...
  2. Having a disability.
  3. Legally disqualified.

Origin

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *d(w)is- Proto-Italic *dis- Latin dis- Old French des-bor. ▲ Latin dis-bor. Middle English dis- English dis- Proto-Indo-European *gʰeh₁bʰ- Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁yeti Proto-Indo-European *gʰh₁bʰéh₁yeti Proto-Italic *haβēō Latin habeō Proto-Indo-European *-elis Proto-Italic *-elis Latin -ilis Latin habilis Old French ablebor. Middle English able English able English disable English -ed English disabled From disable + -ed.

Forms

more disabled most disabled

Synonyms

incapacitated indisposed invalid

Antonyms

abled enabled

Derived

antidisabled disabledness multidisabled neurodisabled nondisabled predisabled semidisabled undisabled intellectually disabled learning-disabled print-disabled disabled list disabled sport

Noun

  1. One who is disabled. (often used collectively as the disabled, but sometimes also singular)

Forms

disabled disableds

Verb

  1. simple past and past participle of disable