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- Dictionarycrippled/ˈkrɪpld/
adjective
- 1. severely damaged or malfunctioning: "the pilot displayed skill and nerve in landing the crippled plane"
- 2. (of a person) unable to walk or move normally; disabled. dated, offensive
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adjective. uk / ˈkrɪp. ə ld / us / ˈkrɪp. ə ld / offensive old-fashioned. unable to walk or move in the usual way because of injury or a medical condition. Compare. disabled. severely damaged and unable to operate effectively: A crippled submarine found itself unable to surface.
to prevent software or a device from working normally, usually intentionally in order to make the user pay for more software, for another device, etc.: The company released software that crippled unlocked phones, preventing them from being used on other carriers ' networks.
1. : to severely damage (something) : to destroy the strength, efficiency, or wholeness of (something) an economy crippled by inflation. 2. offensive, of an injury or disease : to deprive (someone) of the use of a limb and especially a leg. cripplingly. ˈkri-p (ə-)liŋ-lē.
cripple, disable mean to injure to a degree that interferes with normal activities. To cripple is to injure in such a way as to deprive of the use of a member, particularly a leg. disable, a more general word, implies any such illness, injury, or impairment: disabled by an attack of malaria; disabled by a wound.
Crippled definition: relating to a person who is partially or totally unable to use one or more limbs.. See examples of CRIPPLED used in a sentence.
verb. /ˈkrɪpl/ Verb Forms. [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 plummeting prices. The pilot tried to land his crippled plane. Oxford Collocations Dictionary. Want to learn more?
To cripple is to leave someone unable to walk. Terrible car accidents, for example, can sometimes cripple their victims. Use the verb cripple to describe what is done to a person whose legs are so badly injured that they can't be used.
1. physically incapacitated. He heaved his crippled leg into an easier position. crippled with arthritis. 2. having had its capacity to function damaged. The minister unveiled the toughest budget in his country's history yesterday, but with the promise that the worst was over for the country's crippled economy. a crippled economy.
When something is crippled, it's not working properly. Your bike might be crippled by the broken front brake that won't let the wheel turn freely. You can used the adjective crippled to talk about a broken machine or a process that's not working the way it should.
to prevent software or a device from working normally, usually intentionally in order to make the user pay for more software, for another device, etc.: The company released software that crippled unlocked phones, preventing them from being used on other carriers ' networks.
