Predisabled

Quick meaning: Predisabled is an adjective meaning (uncommon) Not yet disabled; prior to being disabled.

Meaning

(uncommon) Not yet disabled; prior to being disabled.

Example Sentences

Frailty, a characteristic typically ascribed to a subset of older adults, has been described as “a predisabled' state.” […] A key distinction is that it is possible to be frail without specific diagnosed disabilities.

The State apparatus needs, at its summit as at its base, predisabled people, preexisting amputees, the stillborn, the congenitally infirm, the one-eyed and one-armed. Thus there is a tempting three-part hypothesis: the war machine is […]

In a cure-driven future, Kafer explains, those with acquired disabilities often see themselves (and are seen by others) through a dual identity—the predisabled self and the postdisabled self. Like all binaric identity categories, the first half […]

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include predisability, prehandicap, predisponent, prehabilitated, preindisposed, predisordered.

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