Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- That has a tendency to debilitate; that causes or tends to cause debilitation.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective causing weakness.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective causing debilitation
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Examples
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The American Psychologist Association APA has identified a new, debilitative mental disorder today in hopes that patients will seek help.
New Mental Disease Identified - Warner_Todd_Huston’s blog - RedState 2009
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MP's publisher, Eileen Tabios, will handwrite all texts into the Tiny Books' pages and books will be released to meet demand for as long as MP is able to source tiny books -- or until the publisher gets arthritis or debilitative carpal tunnel syndrome.
Archive 2008-06-01 2008
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MP's publisher, Eileen Tabios, will handwrite all texts into the Tiny Books' pages and books will be released to meet demand for as long as MP is able to source tiny books -- or until the publisher gets arthritis or debilitative carpal tunnel syndrome.
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MP's publisher, Eileen Tabios, will handwrite all texts into the Tiny Books' pages and books will be released to meet demand for as long as MP is able to source tiny books -- or until the publisher gets arthritis or debilitative carpal tunnel syndrome.
MORE TINY BOOKS OF POETRY FEEDING THE WORLD ... LITERALLY! 2008
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MP's publisher, Eileen Tabios, will handwrite all texts into the Tiny Books' pages and books will be released to meet demand for as long as MP is able to source tiny books -- or until the publisher gets arthritis or debilitative carpal tunnel syndrome.
Archive 2008-10-01 2008
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MP's publisher, Eileen Tabios, will handwrite all texts into the Tiny Books' pages and books will be released to meet demand for as long as MP is able to source tiny books -- or until the publisher gets arthritis or debilitative carpal tunnel syndrome.
Archive 2008-04-01 2008
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MP's publisher, Eileen Tabios, will handwrite all texts into the Tiny Books' pages and books will be released to meet demand for as long as MP is able to source tiny books -- or until the publisher gets arthritis or debilitative carpal tunnel syndrome.
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She was alert and oriented but on a ventilator due to a progressive debilitative disease process.
I Want to Hold Your Hand Mother Jones RN 2007
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I talked to Mark Windsor (ph), for example, a man who had a very curable form of cancer, but because he didn't have insurance, could not get the care that he needs, and now he's living in a very debilitative state, still alive but barely functional as a result of just not having access to that treatment.
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GUPTA: And what's your best guess as to why he is in such a debilitative neurological state?
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