handicap in English

noun

1

a condition that markedly restricts a person's ability to function physically, mentally, or socially.

Believed to be a handicap , this mental condition is often misunderstood and it is hoped that mainstream films like this one will draw public attention to it.

synonyms: disability, physical abnormality, mental abnormality, defect, impairment, affliction, deficiency, dysfunction

verb

1

act as an impediment to.

lack of funding has handicapped the development of research

synonyms: hamper, impede, hinder, impair, hamstring, restrict, check, obstruct, block, curb, bridle, hold back, constrain, trammel, limit, encumber, stymie

noun

disability, physical abnormality, mental abnormality, defect, impairment, affliction, deficiency, dysfunction
impediment, hindrance, obstacle, barrier, bar, obstruction, encumbrance, constraint, restriction, check, block, curb, disadvantage, drawback, stumbling block, difficulty, shortcoming, limitation, ball and chain, albatross, millstone (around someone's neck), burden, liability, trammel
impairment, disability, disablement
baulk, impediment, hinderance, hindrance, check, deterrent, balk

verb

hamper, invalid
hamper, impede, hinder, impair, hamstring, restrict, check, obstruct, block, curb, bridle, hold back, constrain, trammel, limit, encumber, stymie
invalid, disable, incapacitate
hamper, hinder

Use "handicap" in a sentence

1. Handicap Allowances are applied to the Course Handicap as the final step in calculating a player’s Playing Handicap (see Rule 6.1 Course Handicap Calculation and Rule 6.2 Playing Handicap Calculation).

2. Appendix C: Handicap Allowances

3. The building is handicap-accessible and has some rooms that meet handicap accessibility standards.

4. He plays off a handicap of

5. Blindness is a great handicap.

6. Deafness can be a serious handicap.

7. My current golf handicap is nine.

8. It's a built-in handicap.

9. He felt no handicap on that score.

10. So children are not always a handicap.

11. Anomalie translate: anomaly, abnormality, anomaly, handicap

12. This hole gonna have handicap access?

13. She has a golf handicap of

14. Its dowdy appearance is a handicap.

15. Poor eyesight is a handicap to a student.

16. Not speaking the language is a real handicap.

17. My patient is opting into a handicap!

18. Lack of transport was a major handicap.

19. Her great height was rather a handicap.

20. 1 Deafness can be a serious handicap.

21. He turned his handicap into an awesome weapon.

22. 10 Yet age does carry an unavoidable handicap.

23. His vacuity was a handicap in these debates.

24. Being a foreigner was not a handicap.

25. The young golfer with the biggest handicap of all.

26. An efficient minister , his social aloofness poses a handicap .

27. You're born with a handicap in your legs,

28. 27 Poor eyesight is a handicap to a student.

29. She can't drive because of her visual handicap.

30. In cases of severe mental handicap, constant supervision is recommended.

31. Being small is a handicap in a crowd like this.

32. 29 Isn't this simply discrimination on the basis of handicap?

33. I see your handicap is down from 16 to

34. Greater levels of stress may seriously handicap some students.

35. 9 She can't drive because of her visual handicap.

36. This could be a serious handicap to her education.

37. Over a million people in Great Britain suffer from mental handicap.

38. Virginity at her age was a positive handicap, he had insisted.

39. His lack of height can prove a handicap against tall players.

40. The entire Concertino hotel Zlatá Husa is handicap-accessible.

41. Such an alternative use could reduce the overall cost handicap.

42. Wellington Capitalises on handicap conditions to vindicate Richard Gibson’s faith

43. Instead of a fitness indicator, scientists invoke a handicap principle.

44. And like any type of physical handicap, it is incurable.

45. John’s most difficult handicap is, not strabismus or nystagmus, but extreme nearsightedness.

46. The most commonly cited example of a handicap is the peacock's tail.

47. 7 She showed her mettle by winning in spite of her handicap.

48. If you don't speak the language, you've got a real handicap.

49. 3 In cases of severe mental handicap, constant supervision is recommended.

50. She showed her mettle by winning in spite of her handicap.