nondisabled

adjective

non·​dis·​abled ˌnän-dis-ˈā-bəld How to pronounce nondisabled (audio)
-diz-ˈā-
: not affected with a disability : not disabled
people with disabilities and their nondisabled peers

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The device predicts the wrong word less than 3 percent of the time, an error rate on par with nondisabled speakers reading a paragraph aloud. Ingrid Wickelgren, Scientific American, 14 Aug. 2024 Alabama is one of only five states — along with Georgia, Mississippi, North Carolina and Texas — with no law against discrimination in public accommodations for nondisabled people, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures. Scott Cohn, CNBC, 11 July 2024 However, change requires taking power from the hands of dominant white, heterosexual, nondisabled and first-world nation groups. Alana Dillette, The Conversation, 6 Feb. 2024 Congenitally deaf people don’t get motion sickness, and NASA simply wanted to know how nondisabled astronauts could avoid motion sickness too. WIRED, 26 Sep. 2023 See all Example Sentences for nondisabled 

Word History

First Known Use

1894, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of nondisabled was in 1894

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“Nondisabled.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/nondisabled. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.

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