disabling
- adjective
- /dɪsˈeɪblɪŋ/
:
incapacitante
- Many people with disabling illnesses find it hard to maintain regular employment due to their symptoms.
And for depressed people, anxious people, it is often something very disabling.
- And for depressed people, anxious people, it is often something very disabling.
- And the additive side effects of all these medications together can again be just as disabling as bipolar disorder itself.
- But I went to Sellyoke and it was like ward after ward after ward of young people with now disabling injuries.
- Peripheral neuropathy is a is a frustrating, painful, sometimes disabling condition that affects millions of people across the world.
Examples
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The athlete faced a disabling injury that forced her to take a long break from competition.
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She suffers from a disabling condition that limits her mobility and makes daily tasks challenging.
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But I went to Sellyoke and it was like ward after ward after ward of young people with now disabling injuries.
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And, and this is a, a painful condition that is disabling and, and although treatments exist, it's not, they're not always effective.
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She must have a disabling condition, dyslexia, which is included under specific learning disabilities.
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And this is a very serious and disabling medical problem because of the fact that it's neurons that convey these pain sensations.
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Brain disorders are the most disabling and the most costly of these chronic non communicable diseases.
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And for patients with severe seizures that were disabling, they couldn't work, couldn't function.
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Peripheral neuropathy is a is a frustrating, painful, sometimes disabling condition that affects millions of people across the world.
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The risk of stroke is increased five-fold in those with AF, and these strokes are often very severe and disabling.
Academic text (2014)
Synonyms
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7.5
Causing serious weakness that stops normal daily activities
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5.8
Causing very serious harm that makes a person, thing, or plan stop working
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7.0
Causing a person to be unable to move or work
Make people or things stop working
An action that stops a person or thing from moving
Antonyms
How Disabling
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Disabling comes from the parts dis- 'not' and able 'able'. So a 'disabling' injury or illness is one that makes a person 'not able' to do certain tasks, which is why we use it for serious loss of ability.