disability

IPA: dɪsʌbˈɪɫɪti

noun

  • State of being disabled; deprivation or want of ability; absence of competent physical, intellectual, or moral power, means, fitness, and the like.
  • A mental condition causing a difficulty with an intellectual task.
  • (disability theory) An inability imposed on a person by society's failure to accommodate their physical or mental differences from others, as opposed to impairment.
  • Want of legal qualification to do a thing; legal incapacity or incompetency.
  • (uncountable, informal) Regular payments received by a disabled person, usually from the state
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Examples of "disability" in Sentences

  • The boy had a disability to write.
  • This is proficiency not disability.
  • The disability questionnaire is optional.
  • The touchstone is proficiency not disability.

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