adjective
- a euphemism for disabled (usually preceded by an adverb): physically challenged.
- deficient or lacking (usually preceded by an adverb or noun and used facetiously): ethically challenged; math-challenged.
adjective
- not having been challenged or questionedthirty years of unchallenged power
adjective
- (in combination) disabled or disadvantaged in some wayphysically challenged performers
adj.as a euphemism for “disabled,” 1985, past participle adjective from challenge (v.).