one-legged

[ wuhn-legd, -leg-id ]

adjective

ineffectual because certain basic elements, measures, etc., are lacking: one-legged legislation.

Origin of one-legged

First recorded in 1835–45

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And humility, well, that's about as useful as a one-legged man at an ass-kicking contest.
Let Us Now Praise Famous Rednecks and Their Unjustly Unsung Kin | Allison Glock | August 23, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
In the distance I spotted banners on buildings and a pair of one-legged fishermen balancing with large cone-shaped nets.
A Little Too Off the Beaten Path in Burma | Katya Cengel | June 2, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
Take Hulga, the one-legged shut-in in “Good Country People.”
Flannery O’Connor’s Desire for God | Jen Vafidis | November 13, 2013 | THE DAILY BEAST
A one-legged torso wearing only a stiletto-heeled boot was found floating in a Venice lagoon.
Headless Torso Found in Venice Lagoon | Barbie Latza Nadeau | June 2, 2013 | THE DAILY BEAST
The one-legged Vietnam vet is serving as chairman of the Senate committee overseeing the Embryonic Stem Cell Bill.
Natalie Portman's Dad's Bizarre Novel | Marlow Stern | April 26, 2011 | THE DAILY BEAST

I should say there were twenty one-legged pensioners to one without an arm there.
My Lady Ludlow | Elizabeth Gaskell
Neither does a one-legged man yearn sentimentally over his missing member.
The Poison Belt | Arthur Conan Doyle
He is reported to have said: "Ain't we in a —— of a fix, a one-eyed president, a one-legged general and a one-horse Confederacy."
Under the Stars and Bars | Walter A. Clark
As well blame a one-legged man for hopping when trying to run.
She Stands Accused | Victor MacClure
Hoppy was the keeper of the reservoir, a one-legged Irishman with a crutch.
Hints to Pilgrims | Charles Stephen Brooks

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