special-needs

adjective

Definition of special-needsnext
as in disabled

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for special-needs
  1. disabled
  2. deaf
  3. diseased
  4. ailing
  5. incapacitated
  6. unfit
  7. unwell
  8. sick
Adjective
  • But as people age, disabled hearing becomes more common.
    Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 5 Nov. 2024
  • This bipartisan legislation aims to provide improved access to non-opioid treatments for pain management for seniors and disabled folks.
    Joshua P. Cohen, Forbes, 3 Nov. 2024
Definition of disabled
Adjective
  • Catherine’s husband has also been unable to hear her, deaf to anything but the gonging of his own jealous rage.
    Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 8 Nov. 2024
  • Amid the heartbreak in Lewiston, where 18 people were massacred on the evening of Oct. 25, 2023, at a bowling alley hosting a youth night and a bar where deaf people were playing cornhole, the gunman's family contemplated remaining quietly in the shadows.
    Brenda Breslauer, NBC News, 23 Oct. 2024
Definition of deaf
Adjective
  • Fever is the mark of eros; the decay of a diseased body signifies life itself.
    George Packer, The Atlantic, 5 Nov. 2024
  • Trim away diseased roots, disinfecting your pruners between cuts.
    Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens, 1 Nov. 2024
Definition of diseased
Adjective
  • Mia agrees to let Max's ailing dog find solace with her newfound companion, in exchange for Max showing her the hidden gems of Seattle.
    Kristen Baldwin, EW.com, 24 Oct. 2024
  • Widespread concern The ailing property sector is widely believed to lie at the root of China’s numerous economic woes.
    Juliana Liu, CNN, 17 Oct. 2024
Definition of ailing
Adjective
  • Next on the agenda, Your Grace would like to see Grover Tully, Lord of Riverrun, bend the knee to Rhaenyra (though presumably, this will be a metaphorical knee as Grover is understood to be somewhat mentally incapacitated and definitely incontinent).
    Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 30 June 2024
  • In March, 16 days after Sirica first treated the incapacitated red-tailed hawk, Paula Goldberg, former executive director of City Wildlife, opened the trunk of her Toyota SUV to reveal a small white box perforated with air holes.
    ByDina Fine Maron, science.org, 10 July 2024
Definition of incapacitated
Adjective
  • In my view, Trump is grossly unfit to be president, in both mind and character — especially the latter.
    Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 5 Nov. 2024
  • The former Trump employee, who has a Harvard Law School degree, has campaigned against Trump during the election, branding him unfit for office.
    Marco Rubio, Newsweek, 1 Nov. 2024
Definition of unfit
Adjective
  • What begins as a calm and somewhat slow dissection of a characterless woman, quickly turns into a complete mental unraveling, a masterpiece in capturing the nightmare chamber that is an unwell woman with unchecked emotional traumas.
    B.J. Colangelo, Vulture, 6 Oct. 2024
  • If a user shares private information, such as feeling unwell, should that information be passed on to a caregiver or doctor?
    Dor Skuler, Forbes, 29 Oct. 2024
Definition of unwell
Adjective
  • All but one of those patients had been exposed to sick cattle or poultry on farms.
    Erika Edwards, NBC News, 7 Nov. 2024
  • There is no cure for a sick heart, definitely not in Ferrante’s universe, where desire burns down to an ember that lingers, waiting to be fanned and catch fire.
    Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 4 Nov. 2024
Definition of sick
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