challenged
English
editPronunciation
editAdjective
editchallenged (comparative more challenged, superlative most challenged)
- (euphemistic) Lacking some physical or mental attribute or skill; used after adverbs to make politically correct adjectives.
- mentally challenged
- (humorous) Used following adverbs to make adjectives in imitation of and mocking adjectives of this kind.
- vertically challenged
Derived terms
edit- aurally challenged
- cerebrally challenged (jocular)
- culinarily challenged (jocular)
- employmentally challenged
- esthetically challenged (jocular)
- ethically-challenged
- ethically challenged
- ethnically challenged
- follically challenged
- follicly challenged (jocular)
- follicularly challenged
- geographically challenged
- gravitationally-challenged
- gravitationally challenged
- horizontally-challenged
- horizontally challenged (jocular)
- humanly challenged
- hymenally challenged (jocular)
- immunochallenged
- intellectually challenged
- melanin-challenged
- mentally challenged
- metabolically challenged (jocular)
- nonchallenged
- parentally challenged
- physically challenged
- racially challenged
- reality challenged (jocular)
- time-challenged
- unchallenged
- vehicularly challenged
- vertically-challenged
- vertically challenged (jocular)
- vitally challenged
Translations
editlacking attribute or skill
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used jocularly
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Verb
editchallenged
- simple past and past participle of challenge