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lame
1[ leym ]
adjective
- physically disabled, especially in the foot or leg so as to limp or walk with difficulty:
a lame racehorse.
- impaired or disabled through defect or injury:
a lame arm.
- weak; inadequate; unsatisfactory; clumsy:
a lame excuse.
- Slang: Sometimes Disparaging and Offensive. awkward, dull, stupid, or uninteresting.
- Slang: Sometimes Disparaging and Offensive. out of touch with modern fads or trends; unsophisticated.
verb (used with object)
- to make lame or defective.
noun
- Slang: Sometimes Disparaging and Offensive. a person who is out of touch with modern fads or trends, especially one who is unsophisticated.
lame
2[ leym; French lam ]
noun
- any of a number of thin, overlapping plates composing a piece of plate armor, as a fauld, tasset, or gauntlet.
lamé
3[ lah-mey, la-; French la-mey ]
noun
- an ornamental fabric in which metallic threads, as of gold or silver, are woven with silk, wool, rayon, or cotton.
lame
1/ leɪm /
noun
- one of the overlapping metal plates used in armour after about 1330; splint
lame
2/ leɪm /
adjective
- disabled or crippled in the legs or feet
- painful or weak
a lame back
- weak; unconvincing
a lame excuse
- not effective or enthusiastic
a lame try
- slang.conventional or uninspiring
verb
- tr to make lame
lamé
3/ ˈlɑːmeɪ /
noun
- a fabric of silk, cotton, or wool interwoven with threads of metal
- ( as modifier )
a gold lamé gown
Sensitive Note
Derived Forms
- ˈlamely, adverb
- ˈlameness, noun
Other Words From
- lamely adverb
- lameness noun
Word History and Origins
Origin of lame1
Origin of lame2
Word History and Origins
Origin of lame1
Origin of lame2
Origin of lame3
Example Sentences
Just lame, fake-seeming "Thank you soooo much" nonsense, and an Amazon gift card.
In recent weeks, the lame-duck president has issued a rapid flurry of pardons to allies, friends and fellow Republicans, including full pardons to some who pleaded guilty to lying to federal law enforcement during the Russia investigation.
The analysis does not consider reelections or transitions between leaders within the same party, because the risk of anti-democratic actions or abuses of lame-duck power in those scenarios is relatively low.
While not a huge shift, this is the opposite of what typically happens in the lame-duck period.
Facebook apps make lame promises like this in exchange for access to the scads of personal information that Facebook already collects about you.
One of the most persistent myths in American politics is the media-fueled concept of the lame duck.
Almost every two-term president gets a pasting in the midterms, but Obama now faces lame-duck issues on an historic scale.
In the short term, any hopes for an active lame-duck session will rest on the results of the election, King said.
What he had created was a quick Web tool, but QuickWeb sounded lame, as if conjured up by a committee at Microsoft.
Also, he gave a lame excuse: ‘I couldn't find a pic that expresses both sides.’
My head feels quite lame from so much practicing, the consequence, I suppose, of so much listening.
Next morning the hero of Wagram, lame from the effect of a kick from his horse, was summoned before the Emperor.
His donkey had gone lame, he abandoned it to the boys behind, he climbed in to drive with Lettice.
As she turned the corner, a lame child in a calico dress and torn hood staggered past her bent with the weight of a heavy basket.
Some one must have noticed that they were more apt to be lame after sitting on the cold ground while they were warm.
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