Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

disabling

/dɪsˈeɪbəlɪŋ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.18 in modern English

Syllables: dis-abling
IPA: /dɪsˈeɪbəlɪŋ/

13

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

That disables; crippling.

verb

present participle and gerund of disable

Example Sentences

"Rationing decisions that accept people's 'needs' for physical care and limited domestic help, while rejecting demands to support integrated social activities as 'wants', legitimise some of our most disabling cultural values."
"Among physical conditions, neurological disorders are the most disabling conditions across all dimensions of disability consistently across the two higher country income levels."
"Schizophrenia spectrum disorders are some of the more disabling types of mental illnesses."

Inflected Forms

more disabling (comparative) most disabling (superlative)

Derived Forms

disablingly nondisabling

Synonyms

crippling incapacitating disqualifying

Rhymes With

enabling labeling tabling mislabeling

Questions

How do you pronounce disabling?: The recorded pronunciation is /dɪsˈeɪbəlɪŋ/.
What does disabling mean?: That disables; crippling.

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