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disability

/dɪsəˈbɪlɪti/
noun

A condition characterised by a significant limitation in a person's physical or intellectual powers or ability.

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Noun 4 meanings

  1. A condition characterised by a significant limitation in a person's physical or intellectual powers or ability.

    “people with disabilities”

  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.

  4. A lack of legal qualification to do something; legal incapacity or incompetency.

Definitions: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA) via Kaikki/Wiktextract

Where it comes from

Etymology

Circa 1570 disable + -ity.

Similar and opposite words

Similar
handicapdisablednessincapacitydisqualification
Opposite
abilitycapacitycompetencyqualification

DISABILITY at a glance

DISABILITY has 10 letters and scores 16 points in Scrabble (D 2 + I 1 + S 1 + A 1 + B 3 + I 1 + L 1 + I 1 + T 1 + Y 4) and 17 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #4,937 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.

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