intellectually handicapped

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Australian mentally handicapped

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Words nearby intellectually handicapped

intellectual disability, intellectualism, intellectuality, intellectualization, intellectualize, intellectually handicapped, intellectual property, intelligence, intelligence agency, intelligence office, intelligence officer

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How to use intellectually handicapped in a sentence

I spent four years in a prison where each handicapped convict was issued an underpaid inmate assistant.
A Million Ways to Die in Prison|Daniel Genis|December 8, 2014|DAILY BEAST
But they are probably more intellectually honest—more willing to call their own team for BS—than most political commentators.
Wanted: Less Terrible Political Coverage on TV|Matt Lewis|November 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Or, if your show is about ideas, then I think it has to be intellectually stimulating first.
Wanted: Less Terrible Political Coverage on TV|Matt Lewis|November 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST
But Alexander is far more intellectually sophisticated, and frankly more reverent.
Eben Alexander Has a GPS for Heaven|Patricia Pearson|October 8, 2014|DAILY BEAST

Franco plays Benjy, the mentally handicapped—and eventually, castrated—member of the Compson clan.
James Franco and Scott Haze on 'The Sound and the Fury' and Gawker 'Outing' Them As A 'Couple'|Marlow Stern|September 6, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Impersonation may be more easily achieved intellectually, requiring only keen observation and the power of imitation.
Expressive Voice Culture|Jessie Eldridge Southwick
Something within him wanted to go, something that was perhaps intellectually curious.
Bella Donna|Robert Hichens
Mr. Nugent was a small man, that is physically, but intellectually was well endowed.
Fifty Years of Railway Life in England, Scotland and Ireland|Joseph Tatlow
Intellectually and artistically, Tchaikovsky profited little by this journey.
The Life & Letters of Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky|Modeste Tchaikovsky
My work has been greatly handicapped of late by lack of certain books to which I wanted to refer.
First Plays|A. A. Milne