handicap
noun
a race or other contest in which certain disadvantages or advantages of weight, distance, time, etc., are placed upon competitors to equalize their chances of winning.
had handicapped
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past perfectof handicap.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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Historically, Jan. 26 has served as a source of momentum for First Nation’s rights, Mr. Tilmouth said, but the referendum’s failure had handicapped Indigenous people this year.
From New York Times ● Jan. 25, 2024
When we arrived, she immediately checked the vehicles parked in the handicapped spots to make sure they had handicapped placards visible.
From Slate ● Jan. 27, 2014
Unlimbering his molasses monotone, the Tennessee Senator announced that he will tackle Adlai Stevenson in the March 20 Minnesota primary, a race that Minnesota's Democratic Party leaders had handicapped solidly for Adlai.
From Time Magazine Archive
I maintained that this was merely an example of enormous will-power enabling a man to overcome and rise superior to the defects of character with which nature had handicapped him.
From Novel Notes by Jerome K. (Jerome Klapka) Jerome
Enid had gone to the very edge of well-bred lengths to land Courtney Millet, but Scots ancestry and an incurable habit of talking sensibly and rather well had handicapped her efforts.
From Who Cares? a story of adolescence by Cosmo Hamilton
