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1. Having restricted mental or physical functioning as a consequence of injury or illness
   - disabled
    
2. Limited by an impediment of some kind

1. People collectively who are crippled or otherwise physically handicapped
   "technology to help the elderly and the handicapped";
   - disabled

1. Injure permanently
   "He was handicapped in a car accident";
   - disable, invalid, incapacitate
    
2. Attempt to forecast the winner (especially in a horse race) and assign odds for or against a contestant
    
3. Put at a disadvantage
   "The brace I have to wear is handicapping my movements";
   - hinder, hamper

See also: unfit

Type of: bias, disadvantage, disfavor [US], disfavour [Brit, Cdn], injure, people, skew, wound

Encyclopedia: Handicapped