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Another word for handicap

handicap Synonyms

handicap

n.

A disadvantage
hindrance, obstacle, block; see impediment 1.
A physical injury
disability, impairment, affliction, chronic disorder; see impediment 2, injury 1.
Advantage
favor, upper hand, additional points; see advantage 1.

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Another word for handicap

noun

A factor conducive to superiority and success:
advantage, head start, odds, start, vantage. See help
An unfavorable condition, circumstance, or characteristic:
detriment, disadvantage, drawback, minus. See help

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I'd like to eliminate your handicap of life's tribulations and fund you.
Poor means of communication have always been a great handicap to the industries of the island.
The real handicap of the western counties would be shown in comparing aggregate yields per given area; for much land is normally inarable.
Had still further economies been practised (in the Struma valley for instance) this handicap might have disappeared.
The fact that its product is shut out of its natural markets, without gaining that of the United States, is also a great handicap. The civic status of the people is still unsettled, but there has been under American rule a notable advance in the well-being of the island.

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