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Synonyms for disability
ˌdɪs əˈbɪl ɪ tidis·abil·i·ty

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Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms0.0 / 0 votes

  1. disability

    Synonyms:
    disqualification, impotency, unfitness, incapacity, forfeiture, incompetency

    Antonyms:
    qualification, recommendation, fitness, deserving, merit

Princeton's WordNet2.5 / 2 votes

  1. disability, disablement, handicap, impairmentnoun

    the condition of being unable to perform as a consequence of physical or mental unfitness

    "reading disability"; "hearing impairment"

    Synonyms:
    impediment, constipation, baulk, deterrent, handicap, balk, check, harm, deadening, deterioration, damage, hinderance, hindrance, disablement, impairment, stultification

Dictionary of English Synonymes0.0 / 0 votes

  1. disabilitynoun

    Synonyms:
    disqualification

  2. disabilitynoun

    Synonyms:
    inability, incapacity, incompetence, impotence, incapability

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How to use disability in a sentence?

  1. Kathy Hochul:

    If you make $27,000 a year, it's about 65 cents a week, a small amount of your income is put into this fund and will be there when you need. Just like disability insurance works and if you get injured on the job and need to take that money, it's there.

  2. Donald Trump:

    I was not imitating. I would never -- who would ever do that? If somebody had a disability, who would mock a disability? I would never. I'm a smart person ... Who would ever mock somebody, especially if you're running for office? i would have not done it, because it's confusing.

  3. Debra Vines:

    I think it opens up eyes to this disability and the things that we need, we would have to work even harder as providers to get the word out about autism.

  4. Lauren Appelbaum:

    A lot of jobs at production companies and studios require a bachelor's degree [ but ] only seven percent of people born with a disability graduate college.

  5. Kanye West:

    I had never been diagnosed [with a mental condition] until I was 39, but like I said on the album, it’s not a disability, it’s a superpower.


Translations for disability

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  • عجزArabic
  • неправоспособност, недъгавост, неспособностBulgarian
  • postiženíCzech
  • BehinderungGerman
  • discapacidad, incapacidadSpanish
  • infirmité, pension d'invalidité, handicap, invaliditéFrench
  • հաշմանդամությունArmenian
  • disabilitasIndonesian
  • 身体障害Japanese
  • инвалидитет, неспособностMacedonian
  • нетрудоспособность, неспособность, инвалидность, бессилие, неправоспособностьRussian
  • sakatlıkTurkish

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