disabled

adjective

1. physically or mentally impaired, injured, or incapacitated.

noun

2. (used with a plural verb) physically or mentally impaired persons (usually preceded by the): Ramps have been installed at the entrances to accommodate the disabled.

verb (used with object), dis·a·bled, dis·a·bling.

1. to make unable or unfit; weaken or destroy the capability of; incapacitate: The detective successfully disabled the bomb. He was disabled by the accident.
2. to make legally incapable; disqualify.

adjective

1. 1. lacking one or more physical powers, such as the ability to walk or to coordinate one’s movements, as from the effects of a disease or accident, or through mental impairment
   2. (as collective noun; preceded by the)the disabled

verb (tr)

1. to make ineffective, unfit, or incapable, as by crippling
2. to make or pronounce legally incapable
3. to switch off (an electronic device)

adj.

“incapacitated,” 1630s, past participle adjective from disable. Earlier it meant “legally disqualified” (mid-15c.).

v.

mid-15c., from dis- “do the opposite of” + ablen (v.) “to make fit” (see able). Related: Disabled; disabling. Earlier in the same sense was unable (v.) “make unfit, render unsuitable” (c.1400).

adj.

1. Impaired, as in physical functioning.

n.

1. Physically impaired people considered as a group. Often used with the.