°(usually _ offensive) Having a less than fully functional
limb, or injuries which prevent full mobility.
"1848 "A crippled man, twenty years older than you, whom you will have to wait on?" — Charlotte Bronte, Jane Eyre,"
°(usually _ offensive) Having any difficulty or impediment which can be likened to a crippling injury.
"1893 The Percy Driscoll estate was in such a crippled shape when its owner died that it could pay only sixty percent of its great indebtedness, and was settled at that rate. — Mark Twain, ''''"
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