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.
have handicapped
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present perfectof handicap.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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Despite Pena Nieto’s promise to modernize the sector, low oil prices have handicapped investments in the six refineries.
From Reuters ● Jan. 24, 2018
In other words you say the other, you’re in trouble,” Trump said. ”OK, never use the term handicapped parking, use only accessible parking, even though people have handicapped permits.
From MSNBC ● Jun. 1, 2016
It currently faces a number of government investigations, which it says have handicapped its ability to line up new investors, on which it depends to fund its operations.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 22, 2016
The shorter Safeco Field fences will benefit Morales in the same way they would have handicapped Vargas, who allowed 35 homers last season.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 21, 2012
Your tactful conduct of the case, and the delicate manner in which you have avoided compromising anyone—in which you have handicapped yourself, that others might not be implicated—has not been overlooked.
From The Sins of Séverac Bablon by Sax Rohmer
