Synonym: burden, disadvantage, hindrance, load. Similar words: indicate, indicator, vindicate, indicating, indication, indicative, vindication, hand in hand. Meaning: ['hændɪkæp] n. 1. the condition of being unable to perform as a consequence of physical or mental unfitness 2. advantage given to a competitor to equalize chances of winning 3. something immaterial that interferes with or delays action or progress. v. 1. injure permanently 2. attempt to forecast the winner (especially in a horse race) and assign odds for or against a contestant 3. put at a disadvantage.
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91. The bookmakers, showing unusual generosity, gave them a 44-point advantage on the handicap betting list.
92. The team now consists of 5 social workers, 5 community mental handicap nurses and 3 clinical psychologists.
93. Miss Geller's handicap is barely noticeable after three years of physical therapy.
94. Good old Simon, pounding away and probably thinking about his golf handicap to keep himself going.
95. His deafness was a severe handicap in an assembly where quickness of hearing and readiness of speech were essential.
96. Undoubtedly many of the apprehensions about mental handicap stem from the nature of modern society with its emphasis on achieving and competition.
97. Premium 1: £5,300 for each young person suffering from physical or mental handicap. 3.
98. Not that any man would be interested in me with a handicap like Mum.
99. His next race could be the $ 750, 000 Oaklawn Handicap on April 6.
100. Recent federal laws prohibiting discrimination based upon a handicap or other health related conditions have been helpful.
101. Others may be associated, as we have seen, with mental or physical handicap.
102. Over 50 people entered the handicap event which was finally won by 14- year-old Scott Friedberg.
103. Dick is trying to get his handicap down to a 12.
104. Hemianopia Damage to one side of the brain can cause visual handicap.
105. The controversies surrounding severe mental handicap which began in the early 1980s sparked off a national debate which continues today.
106. Kelso also holds the record for the highest-priced winner, Equinoctial, at 250-1 in a handicap hurdle in November, 1990.
107. And yet, if Mr Brown does pitch his hat into the gubernatorial contest(sentencedict.com), he will start with a handicap.
108. The media could also do much more to help people to understand about mental handicap.
109. Yet despite the handicap ensuing from the mutation, and contrary to observations in human pathology, the strain appears to be unaffected.
110. Beebob has been gradually coming to hand this season, and can strike winning form in the Guildhall Handicap Hurdle.
111. Living outside of Oxford would also be a serious handicap.
112. This process of educational integration should be sought for all Down's children save those with severe mental handicap.
113. Lochsong was a snip at the weights in last year's Tote-Portland Handicap but no horse stands out this time.
114. And it has been in the nature of documentary television to also exploit the subject of mental handicap in a sensational fashion. Sentencedict.com
115. Many cases of mild mental handicap are thus caused by social deprivation.
116. Relating levels of capital grants to handicap zones would also provide a better climate for conservation in the uplands.
117. His lack of experience on Wall Street may prove to be a handicap.
118. For these boats a sail which allows them to compete more evenly under handicap rules has obvious advantages.
119. These different conditions can arise from over-protection or lack of understanding of visual handicap.
120. Further reduction of infant mortality and chronic handicap depends increasingly on prevention of such disorders.
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