challenged

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃæl.ənd͡ʒd/

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• Hyphenation: chal‧lenged

Adjective

challenged (comparative more challenged, superlative most challenged)

1. (euphemistic) Lacking some physical or mental attribute or skill ; used after adverbs to make politically correct adjectives.

   mentally challenged

2. (humorous) Used following adverbs to make adjectives in imitation of and mocking adjectives of this kind.

   vertically challenged

Derived terms

• 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)
• intellectually challenged
• melanin-challenged
• mentally challenged
• metabolically challenged (jocular)
• parentally challenged
• physically challenged
• racially challenged
• reality challenged (jocular)
• time-challenged
• vehicularly challenged
• vertically-challenged
• vertically challenged (jocular)
• vitally challenged

 

Translations

lacking attribute or skill

• Finnish: rajoitteinen
• Portuguese: inábil (pt)

used jocularly

• Finnish: rajoitteinen

Verb

challenged

1. simple past and past participle of challenge