Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Having a disability or impairment.
- adjective Deficient or lacking.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective having doubts expressed about its truth.
- adjective handicapped or disabled; -- used as a euphemism, especially in combinations.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
challenge . - adjective
Lacking somephysical ormental attribute orskill ; used after adverbs to makepolitically correct adjectives. - adjective Used following adverbs to make jocular adjectives in imitation of and mocking politically correct adjectives of this kind, as "X-challenged" = "lacking X".
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Examples
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I don't mean that he's crazy, but just kind of what they call challenged, which I guess must mean just this side of retarded.
Think being nobody's easy? Try it with the lights out. James Lloyd Davis 2011
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I'm quite convinced that there will be plenty of audience reaction that is - I'm going to use the word "challenged."
NYT > Home Page By MELENA RYZIK 2012
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I'm quite convinced that there will be plenty of audience reaction that is - I'm going to use the word "challenged."
NYT > Home Page By MELENA RYZIK 2012
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I'm quite convinced that there will be plenty of audience reaction that is - I'm going to use the word "challenged."
NYT > Global Home By MELENA RYZIK 2012
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I guess the best way to put this to the economically "challenged" is to put it in right-wing terms: "excessive profits" must be like "pornography" - everyone knows it when they see it.
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Such investors have tried to turn a profit by fixing and reselling the homes, but the possibility that the sale will be challenged is making some would-be buyers wary.
Insurers Ease on Amnesty Nick Timiraos 2010
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In Arkansas, the Democratic incumbent is being challenged from the left.
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In Kentucky, the Republican establishment contender is being challenged from the right.
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“Proceeds will go to Room to Read, a nonprofit promoting literacy for children in challenged parts of the world.”
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“Proceeds will go to Room to Read, a nonprofit promoting literacy for children in challenged parts of the world.”
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