lameness

noun

Definition of lamenessnext
as in infirmity

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for lameness
  1. infirmity
  2. debility
  3. disability
  4. decrepitude
  5. impairment
  6. weakness
Noun
  • And yet Francis has never been shy about showing his frailty, age or infirmities in ways that seem unthinkable for public figures for whom any sign of fragility can threaten their authority and undermine their agenda.
    — Nicole Winfield, Los Angeles Times, 22 Mar. 2025
  • Kureishi has been ambushed by the physical infirmities of age in a rare way.
    — Hillary Kelly, The Atlantic, 3 Feb. 2025
Definition of infirmity
Noun
  • The shadow of death and debility haunted American women throughout the nineteenth century.
    — Jenny Noyce, JSTOR Daily, 28 June 2024
  • According to this view, the outside world has been generous to Africa, providing substantial aid in recent decades, leaving no excuse for the continent’s debility.
    — Howard W. French, Foreign Affairs, 16 June 2015
Definition of debility
Noun
  • Both cuts will affect students with disabilities, experts say.
    — Kayla Jimenez, USA Today, 5 Apr. 2025
  • Oz now directs an agency with a $1.4 trillion budget that administers Medicare for seniors, people with disabilities, and survivors, as well as Medicaid, which serves low-income Americans.
    — Newsweek Staff, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Apr. 2025
Definition of disability
Noun
  • Recent experience, including Mauricio Macri’s 2015-2019 Presidency, when Caputo and Federico Sturzenegger were also in charge of the nation’s economic levers, ended up with jarring devaluations that initiated a new and deeper descent into economic decrepitude.
    — Agustino Fontevecchia, Forbes, 14 Jan. 2025
  • If that’s not enough for perennial contention, then the rest of the AFC East’s decrepitude will keep that window wide open.
    — Tim Graham, The Athletic, 7 Jan. 2025
Definition of decrepitude
Noun
  • These things will make your video content more accessible for non-native speakers and users with hearing impairments.
    — Karan Sharma, Forbes.com, 26 Mar. 2025
  • The increase in loss is attributed to impairment charges on intangible assets and changes in fair value of contingent consideration.
    — Quartz Intelligence Newsroom, Quartz, 24 Mar. 2025
Definition of impairment
Noun
  • This comes as investors are anxious about how his retaliatory tariffs will affect the broader U.S. economy, which is already showing some signs of weakness.
    — Lim Hui Jie, CNBC, 28 Mar. 2025
  • Any signs of internal weakness represent an opportunity for the opposition.
    — Ron Estes, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Mar. 2025
Definition of weakness
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