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| lame [ laym ] |
adjective (comparative lam·er, superlative lam·est) |
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1. walking unevenly: walking unevenly because of a leg injury or motion impairment
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offensive when used of a person
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2. disabled: injured or with impaired strength or motion
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offensive when used of a person
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3. unconvincing: inadequate, unconvincing, or unsatisfactory
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offensive in some contexts
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4. ineffective: ineffectual or inept
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offensive in some contexts
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5. boring and old-fashioned: boring, old-fashioned, and neither streetwise nor having street credibility
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slang
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sometimes considered offensive
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transitive verb (past and past participle lamed, present participle lam·ing, 3rd person present singular lames) |
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disable person or animal: to cause a person or animal to be unable to walk evenly because of injury or impairment
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offensive when used of a person
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| [ Old English lama< Germanic, "weak-limbed" < Indo-European, "break by hitting"] |
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  lame·ness noun |
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