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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