Crippled vs X - What's the difference?
crippled | x |
Having a less than fully functional limb, or injuries which prevent full mobility.
Having any difficulty or impediment which can be likened to a crippling injury.
(cripple)
The twenty-fourth letter of the .
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Roman numerals
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As an adjective crippled
is having a less than fully functional limb, or injuries which prevent full mobility.As a verb crippled
is (cripple).As a letter x is
the twenty-fourth letter of the.As a symbol x is
voiceless velar fricative.crippled
English
Adjective
(head)- 1848' ''"A '''crippled man, twenty years older than you, whom you will have to wait on?"'' — Charlotte Bronte, ''Jane Eyre ,
Chapter 17.
- 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, ''
Pudd'nhead Wilson.