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Handicap   /hˈændikˌæp/   Listen
Handicap

noun
1.
The condition of being unable to perform as a consequence of physical or mental unfitness.  Synonyms: disability, disablement, impairment.  "Hearing impairment"
2.
Advantage given to a competitor to equalize chances of winning.
3.
Something immaterial that interferes with or delays action or progress.  Synonyms: balk, baulk, check, deterrent, hinderance, hindrance, impediment.
verb
(past & past part. handicapped; pres. part. handicapping)
1.
Injure permanently.  Synonyms: disable, incapacitate, invalid.
2.
Attempt to forecast the winner (especially in a horse race) and assign odds for or against a contestant.
3.
Put at a disadvantage.  Synonyms: hamper, hinder.



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"Handicap" Quotes from Famous Books



... of handling details and of grasping broad principles were alike remarkable. He wrote with ease, clearness, and precision; he knew what hard work meant and revelled in it. Unfortunately he was subject already to rheumatic gout, which was to make him acquainted with many watering-places, and was to handicap him gravely in later life. But at present nothing could check his ardour in his profession, and during his five years at Vienna he took every chance of studying foreign lands and of making acquaintance with the chief figures in the diplomatic world. He enjoyed talks with Baron ...
— Victorian Worthies - Sixteen Biographies • George Henry Blore
... not at the beginning, but deeper than the beginning. He could not start fairly, but under a handicap so great as to make his chances of winning all but negligible.... It would be useless to tell his men that he had been but a figurehead. For him the only course was to blot out what had gone—to forget it—and to start against odds to win their confidence. It would be better to ...
— Youth Challenges • Clarence B Kelland
... involved. We have not refrained from diplomatic action in matters not strictly American, but it has always been understood that such action would not be backed by force. In the existing state of world politics this limitation has been a serious handicap to American diplomacy. To take what we could get and to give nothing in return has been a hard rule for our diplomats, and has greatly circumscribed their activities. Diplomatic action without the use or threat of force has, however, accomplished something in the world at large, so ...
— From Isolation to Leadership, Revised - A Review of American Foreign Policy • John Holladay Latane
... kept GDP growth above 4%. However, macroeconomic gains have only recently started to spur creation of a middle class and address Romania's widespread poverty, while corruption and red tape continue to handicap the business environment. Romanian government confidence in continuing disinflation was underscored by its currency revaluation in 2005, making 10,000 "old" lei equal 1 "new" leu. The economy grew at 6.4% in 2006, the strongest growth ...
— The 2007 CIA World Factbook • United States
... it would be useless to attempt pursuit, as the jester was a gallant horseman, trained to the hunt. Such a man would be indefatigable in the saddle, and the other realized that, strive as he might, he could never overcome the handicap. ...
— Under the Rose • Frederic Stewart Isham


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