CHALLENGED

pp. Called to combat or o contest; claimed; demanded, as due; called from a jury.

challenged

chal lenged |ˈCHalənjd ˈtʃalɪnʤd | ▶adjective [ with submodifier or in combination ] (used euphemistically ) impaired or disabled in a specified respect: physically challenged. • informal lacking or deficient in a specified respect: vertically challenged | today's attention-challenged teens. usage: The use with a preceding adverb, e.g., physically challenged, originally intended to give a more positive tone than such terms as disabled or handicapped, arose in the US in the 1980s. Despite the originally serious intention, the term rapidly became stalled by uses whose intention was to make fun of the attempts at euphemism and whose tone was usually clearly ironic: examples include cerebrally challenged (not very smart ), follicularly challenged (bald or balding ), vertically challenged (short ), etc.

challenged

chal |lenged |ˈtʃalɪndʒd | ▶adjective [ with submodifier or in combination ] used euphemistically to indicate that someone suffers disability in a specified respect: my experience of being physically challenged. • informal used to indicate that someone or something is lacking or deficient in a specified respect: I didn't know he was so vertically challenged | today's attention-challenged teens. usage: The use with a preceding adverb (e.g. physically challenged ), originally intended to give a more positive tone than terms such as disabled or handicapped, arose in the US in the 1980s and quickly spread to the UK and elsewhere. Despite the serious intention the term rapidly became stalled by uses whose intention was to make fun of the attempts at euphemism and whose tone was usually clearly ironic: examples include cerebrally challenged, conversationally challenged, and follicularly challenged. See also usage at disabled .

challenged

ch á l lenged 形容詞 〖通例 副詞 の後で 〗1 …に障害のある (→disabled 語法 )▸ visually [physically ] challenged 視覚 [身体 ]障害者の 2 ｟おどけて ｠(ある能力 特徴が )欠けた ▸ vertically challenged 背の低い