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CRIPPLED definition: 1. unable to walk or move in the usual way because of injury or a medical condition 2. severely.. Learn more. relating to a person who is disabled or impaired in any way. not operating or performing at the customary level; impaired; weakened. Significant progress has been made in repairing the crippled power plant.. [usually passive] to seriously damage or harm somebody/something. be crippled (by something) The industry has been financially crippled by these policies. Sugar producers have been crippled by. Cripple is an old-fashioned word. People now usually use the less offensive term disabled person. Thousands of people have been crippled by the disease. Higher taxes could cripple small businesses. If someone is crippled by an injury, it is so serious that they can never move their body properly again.

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