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
  • While it has not been confirmed whether the dog was a service animal, others hit back at the frustrated passenger and sought to defend the rights of disabled travelers.
    Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 24 Dec. 2024
  • In recent years, city code and building inspectors have found faulty fire-safety systems and elevators inoperable for months at a time, effectively trapping many elderly and disabled residents inside.
    Liam Dillon, Los Angeles Times, 23 Dec. 2024
Definition of disabled
Adjective
  • After all, being deaf doesn't seem to have held him back.
    Gord Magill, Newsweek, 21 Dec. 2024
  • Guests who are deaf or hard of hearing can request kits that include visual or tactile alerts for phone ringing or door knocks, phones are equipped for amplified sound, and cabin TVs have closed captioning features.
    David Swanson, Travel + Leisure, 14 Dec. 2024
Definition of deaf
Adjective
  • Wait until mid-November to remove dead or diseased canes and reduce the overall size of the rose plant.
    Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 11 Dec. 2024
  • Pleural effusion: The tissue that lines the chest cavity and surrounds the lungs can become diseased or inflamed, causing the lungs to fill with fluid.
    Mark Gurarie, Verywell Health, 30 Oct. 2024
Definition of diseased
Adjective
  • As Lee’s efforts to adopt and care for the seemingly ailing Piggy gained momentum — she's raised nearly $20,000 on GoFundMe — the Seattle native had to leave Spain.
    Ashley Vega, People.com, 16 Dec. 2024
  • One of Thompson’s signature innovations was to use a predictive algorithm to kick ailing and disabled Medicare patients out of nursing homes and rehabilitative programs, causing untold misery and penury.
    Jessica Winter, The New Yorker, 13 Dec. 2024
Definition of ailing
Adjective
  • There was no 25th Amendment to allow for the replacement of an incapacitated president as there is now.
    Peter Lucas, Boston Herald, 6 July 2024
  • The jewelry-store duel is very Kill Bill, with the two women tossing out insults before attacking brutally and relentlessly: throwing each other around glass cases, using the shop’s offerings as weaponry, and avoiding the incapacitated store owner.
    Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 6 Dec. 2024
Definition of incapacitated
Adjective
  • But that also would mean keeping the grossly unfit Patel from being confirmed.
    Orlando Sentinel and South Florida Sun Sentinel Editorial Boards, Orlando Sentinel, 14 Dec. 2024
  • In April, the indictment says, Feldstein failed a Shin Bet security-clearance check and was found unfit to handle highly classified material.
    Gershom Gorenberg, The Atlantic, 25 Nov. 2024
Definition of unfit
Adjective
  • As Brewer rested his head on his palm, Evans told state District Judge Brandy Mueller that Brewer was unwell but did not go into detail.
    Bianca Moreno-Paz, Austin American-Statesman, 18 Dec. 2024
  • McHale didn’t realize what had happened at first, until hours later when Roscoe started seeming very unwell.
    Boone Ashworth, WIRED, 15 Oct. 2024
Definition of unwell
Adjective
  • But then Carey got sick with the flu, and was forced to cancel the first show of her 2024 Christmas Time tour.
    Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 18 Dec. 2024
  • The patient had been in contact with sick and dead birds in backyard flocks, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said.
    Mike Stobbe and Jonel Aleccia, Los Angeles Times, 18 Dec. 2024
Definition of sick
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