Lame

Quick meaning: Lame is an adjective meaning (especially of an animal) Unable to walk properly because of a problem with one's feet or legs.

Meaning

(especially of an animal) Unable to walk properly because of a problem with one's feet or legs.

More Meanings

1. (by extension, dated) Hobbling; limping; inefficient; imperfect.
2. (colloquial) Unconvincing or unbelievable.
3. (colloquial) Uncool, uninteresting, or unfunny.
4. (transitive) To cause (a person or animal) to become lame.
5. (prison slang) A stupid or undesirable person.
6. A thin layer or plate of material, as in certain kinds of armor.
7. (in the plural) A set of joined overlapping metal plates.

Example Sentences

a lame endeavour

O, most lame and impotent conclusion![…]

He kept telling these extremely lame jokes all night.

With the years, this horse has little by little gone lame.

Word Forms

• lamer
• lamest
• lames
• laming
• lamed

Synonyms for lame

Depending on context, synonyms include crippled, weak, cripple, disable, lamella, lamina.

Antonyms for lame

Common opposites include efficient, perfect, convincing, believable.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include cripple, halt, crippled, feeble, halting, weak.

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