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failing

English

Pronunciation

  • (US) IPA(key): /?fe?.l??/
  • Rhymes: -e?l??

Verb

failing

  1. present participle of fail

Noun

failing (plural failings)

  1. weakness; defect
    His worst failing is his temper.

Translations

Preposition

failing

  1. if the preferred or prior option is not possible
    A large proportion of the females employed in other firms are said to have signified their intention of going on strike, failing a settlement.

Translations

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disabled

English

Etymology

From disable +? -ed.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): [d?s?e?b??d]

Adjective

disabled (comparative more disabled, superlative most disabled)

  1. Made incapable of use or action.
    • 1911, "From Brittania Lodge, No. 361", Railway Carmen's Journal, Vol. 16, No. 3, March 1911, page 129:
      In the car department we would repair cars that were disabled and placed in bad order by a bunch of scalies taking the place of striking switchmen, engineers, Firemen, etc.
  2. Having a disability.
  3. (law) Legally disqualified.

Synonyms

  • incapacitated
  • indisposed
  • invalid

Antonyms

  • enabled

Derived terms

Translations

Noun

disabled (usually uncountable, plural disableds)

  1. One who is disabled. (often used collectively as the disabled, but sometimes also singular)

Translations

Verb

disabled

  1. simple past tense and past participle of disable

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