Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

metabolically challenged

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.20 in modern English

Syllables: metabol-i-cal-ly chal-lenged
IPA

39

Scrabble Score

23

Letters

5

Syllables

14

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Having difficulty with metabolism.

adj

Humorous

Example Sentences

"From this evaluation it was evidenced that metabolically challenged dairy cows (on the basis of concentrations of glucose, BHBA, and NEFA) show differences in liver transcripts, compared to metabolically unchallenged dairy cows [...]"

Etymology

The second sense is an ironic imitation of the perceived oversensitivity of language like "mentally challenged".

Usage

Humorous

Inflected Forms

more metabolically challenged (comparative) most metabolically challenged (superlative)

Questions

What does metabolically challenged mean?: Having difficulty with metabolism.
Where does metabolically challenged come from?: The second sense is an ironic imitation of the perceived oversensitivity of language like "mentally challenged".

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