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physically challenged

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adjective

  1. see challenged.


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Renovations geared toward the disabled, the physically challenged and the elderly are officially known as home modifications.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 22, 2023

Players from competing teams show up at baseball clinics and work with physically challenged children.

From New York Times • Jun. 1, 2018

Scott Silveri, creator and executive producer of ABC’s “Speechless,” joins in brushing away the tired notion that a story’s dramatic flow or audience would be thrown off by seeing a physically challenged person.

From Washington Times • Apr. 4, 2018

"It's biographical, because I feel I'm living that dance every day. I also feel physically challenged, but I'm not frantic about getting things perfectly right as before. That freedom makes my dancing stronger than ever."

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 3, 2014

With patriotism in play, the best physically challenged athletes would develop a fan base.

From Slate • Aug. 9, 2012