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disability

/ˌdɪsəˈbɪlɪti/

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What does disability mean?

noun

  1. A condition characterised by a significant limitation in a person's physical or intellectual powers or ability.
  2. The state of having such a condition; the state of being disabled.
  3. A limitation in function (the things that a person can do or achieve) that is driven by any combination of their impairments (the medical facts about them) and the imperfect state of society's inaccessibility that sometimes fails to accommodate their needs.
More meanings (4)

noun

  1. A lack of legal qualification to do something; legal incapacity or incompetency.
  2. A duty to refrain from altering a person's legal relations; correlative of an immunity.
  3. (informal) Regular payments received by a disabled person, usually from the state.
  4. (obsolete) An inability.

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IPA pronunciation

/ˌdɪsəˈbɪlɪti/

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary

Other dictionary pronunciations

/dɪsəˈbɪlɪtiz/
CMU Pronouncing Dictionary

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Habit and effort may reduce such disability, but in some instances it will never even approximately eliminate it.
Walter Dill ScottIncreasing Human Efficiency in Business A Contribution to the Psychology of BusinessProject Gutenberg ebook #1319
Contrast the disability of the submarine with the privileges of its consort in the air.
Frederick Arthur Ambrose TalbotAeroplanes and Dirigibles of WarProject Gutenberg ebook #793
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The industrial disability entailed by a popular adherence to one of the higher anthropomorphic cults may be relatively slight, but it is not to be overlooked.
Thorstein VeblenThe Theory of the Leisure ClassProject Gutenberg ebook #833
The greatest disability he suffered at the time of applying for a pension resulted from an ankylosed knee.
George M. (George Milbrey) Gould; Walter L. (Walter Lytle) PyleAnomalies and Curiosities of MedicineProject Gutenberg ebook #747