handicap
noun
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handicap
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Synonyms & Antonyms for handicap
Synonyms: Noun
debit, disadvantage, disbenefit, downside, drawback, incommodity, liability, minus, negative, strike
Synonyms: Verb
clog, cramp, embarrass, encumber, fetter, hamper, handcuff, hinder, hobble, hog-tie, hold back, hold up, impede, inhibit, interfere (with), manacle, obstruct, shackle, short-circuit, stymie, tie up, trammel
Antonyms: Noun
Antonyms: Verb
aid, assist, facilitate, help
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Examples of handicap in a Sentence
Noun
His shyness was a handicap in his job. She's been practicing a lot and her handicap has gone down from 18 to 12.Verb
It's very hard to handicap the election at this point. the baseball player's small size did not handicap him in the least
Recent Examples on the Web: Noun
In 1936, famed Olympic runner Jesse Owens raced a horse in a 100-yard dash and won thanks in part to a 40-yard handicap). — Emily Barone, Time, "Watch Michael Phelps Race 6 Sea Animals in 60 Seconds," 19 July 2017 LNK classes have done everything from installing handicap doors at Redwood to creating a Healthy Newborn site for Transitions that serves mothers going through addiction recovery. — Brent Cooper, Cincinnati.com, "Column: Leadership NKY critical to the region," 17 July 2017 A vehicle was blocking the handicap ramp Tuesday in the first block of Taft Street. — The Aegis, "Police blotter: From Aberdeen to Fallston to Street," 14 July 2017 Participants must be 21 years old or older and have an official USGA handicap. — Naperville Sun, "Park district holding men's, women's and youth golf tourneys," 7 July 2017 When Britain leaves the EU, British financial services companies would lose the automatic right to operate in all the other 27 EU states, a big handicap. — Washington Post, "The pain and gain of Brexit vote: British economy a year on," 23 June 2017 One man, who has a handicap, had to escape through a window, according to media reports. — Robert A. Cronkleton, kansascity.com, "Residents escape intense Kansas City house fire, one through a window," 21 June 2017 With a USGA 1.3 handicap, Mercer is a latecomer to golf, having taken it up in 2005 at the end of his freshman high school year at Gary (Ind.) Roosevelt. — Gregg Voss, chicagotribune.com, "La Grange Park resident enjoys pro-am round with Brittany Lincicome," 29 June 2017 These are just a few examples of the many companies that have excelled by treating transparency not as a handicap, but as a competitive advantage. — Sophie Bakalar, Fortune, "What Chipotle Can Teach Companies About Honesty With Customers," 24 June 2017Recent Examples on the Web: Verb
The building is handicapped accessible, from the rear parking lot. — courant.com, "Community News For The Enfield Edition," 4 Sep. 2019 Wide variations in quality, price and profitability make handicapping the race nearly impossible. — Stephen Wilmot, WSJ, "The Fool’s Game of Picking the Electric Car Champ," 27 July 2018 Dress is casual and the facility is handicapped accessible. — courant.com, "Community News For The Vernon Edition," 23 Aug. 2019 Governors are handicapped in some technical ways federal legislators aren't. — Tim Perry, CBS News, "Remember when governors used to win the presidency?," 22 Aug. 2019 Bajarin's uncertainty is echoed by 556 Ventures analyst William Ho, who cautions that trying to handicap pricing in light of the tariffs is a fool's errand. — Don Reisinger, Fortune, "For Holiday Shoppers Buying Tech, the Best Time to Dodge Tariffs May Be Now… or Never?," 17 Aug. 2019 Google Glass went on sale a year earlier, but with so many Google functions blocked in China, the fancy hardware was severely handicapped. — Matt Sheehan, WIRED, "WFH: Chinese Engineers Abroad Come Back," 13 Aug. 2019 India started its reforms later than China and has been handicapped by political opposition to much that needs to be done. — WSJ, "Four Decades of Economic Wisdom From Martin Feldstein," 12 June 2019 Helped make up for a lousy handicapping performance in the NHC in Las Vegas. — John Cherwa, latimes.com, "Racing! Futures book, handicapping lesson and more," 15 Feb. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'handicap.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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handicap
noun
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