- physically or mentally impaired, injured, or incapacitated.
- not working or operating properly, or at all; incapable or made incapable of functioning:This feature is normally disabled on company computers.They called the Coast Guard to tow the disabled boat to shore.
- physically or mentally impaired people: Ramps have been installed at the entrances to accommodate the disabled.
- lacking one or more physical powers, such as the ability to walk or to coordinate one's movements, as from the effects of a disease or accident, or through mental impairment
- (as collective noun; preceded by the)
