intellectually challenged
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- adjective
- /ˌɪntəˈlɛktʃuəli ˈʧælɪndʒd/
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con discapacidad intelectual
- The teacher provided extra support for students who are intellectually challenged to ensure they succeed in class.
Examples
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All you have proven is that you are so mentally deficient and intellectually challenged you cannot verbalize anything but childish personal attacks.
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It's called anger at the chicanery used to dupe the uninformed/intellectually challenged voters, the same ones who also voted for James Ramos, who will not be allowed to serve a day as our supervisor due to the conflict of interest he will be creating because he is a citizen of a sovereign nation that has direct and ongoing dealings with the county.
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Would we insist that their offensive scheme be simple enough so that even the most intellectually challenged player could understand?
Academic text (2002) -
Tea Partiers, like many Republicans, are highly intellectually challenged.
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What did we do to deserve such people as the intellectually challenged George W. Bush, a man who did more harm to our country than all our enemies?
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I am not intellectually challenged (although my mom may disagree), but I do censure comments that are not written with respect to another commentator's beliefs.
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She volunteers at a center that supports children who are intellectually challenged in developing their social skills.
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Many organizations work to advocate for the rights of individuals who are intellectually challenged and promote their inclusion in society.
Synonyms
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People who have difficulty learning and understanding things
A person who has difficulty thinking or learning because of a brain problem
How Impaired
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- Specialized
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4.0
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Surface Forms
Morphology
intellectually + challenged
The phrase is compositional: 'intellectually' (relating to intellect) modifies 'challenged' (having difficulties), so a learner who knows both words can infer 'having intellectual difficulties/impairments'. Although it is a polite euphemism, its meaning is directly derivable from the constituents and parallels exist in many languages, making it readily understandable to a B1 learner.
Etymology
Intellectually challenged uses the idea of a 'challenge' to make the meaning gentler. Saying someone is challenged in their intellect treats thinking or learning problems as something they face, so this is a more 'polite' way to refer to people with learning or thinking difficulties.