handicap
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āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "handicap"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

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āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāĻŦāĻ¨ā§āϧāĻŋāϤāĻž

a condition that impairs a person's mental or physical functions
handicap definition and meaning
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āĻšā§āϝāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻĄāĻŋāĻ•ā§āϝāĻžāĻĒ, āĻ•ā§āώāϤāĻŋāĻĒā§‚āϰāĻŖāĻŽā§‚āϞāĻ• āĻ…āϏ⧁āĻŦāĻŋāϧāĻž

a set of rules or conditions that are put in place to balance the game and give a disadvantaged player a better chance of winning
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āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāĻŦāĻ¨ā§āϧāĻ•āϤāĻž, āĻŦāĻžāϧāĻž

something immaterial that interferes with or delays action or progress
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āĻšā§āϝāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻĄāĻŋāĻ•ā§āϝāĻžāĻĒ, āĻšā§āϝāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻĄāĻŋāĻ•ā§āϝāĻžāĻĒ āϏ⧂āϚāĻ•

a numerical measure of a golf player's ability, used to level the playing field in competition
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
It 's challenging to compete against someone with a much lower handicap.
āĻ•āĻžāωāϕ⧇ āĻšā§āϝāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻĄāĻŋāĻ•ā§āϝāĻžāĻĒ āĻ…āύ⧇āĻ• āĻ•āĻŽ āϏāĻ™ā§āϗ⧇ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāϝ⧋āĻ—āĻŋāϤāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻž āĻšā§āϝāĻžāϞ⧇āĻžā§āϜāĻŋāĻ‚.
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āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāĻŦāĻ¨ā§āϧāĻ•āϤāĻž āϏ⧃āĻˇā§āϟāĻŋ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻĻ⧁āĻ°ā§āĻŦāϞ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to weaken or hinder someone's ability, often by causing them to become disabled or less capable
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Her illness handicapped her, leaving her unable to continue her career.
āϤāĻžāϰ āĻ…āϏ⧁āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāϤāĻž āϤāĻžāϕ⧇ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāĻŦāĻ¨ā§āϧ⧀ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇, āϤāĻžāϕ⧇ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻ•āĻ°ā§āĻŽāĻœā§€āĻŦāύ āϚāĻžāϞāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϝ⧇āϤ⧇ āĻ…āĻ•ā§āώāĻŽ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻ…āϏ⧁āĻŦāĻŋāϧāĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻĢ⧇āϞāĻž, āĻŦāĻžāϧāĻž āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

put at a disadvantage
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āĻšā§āϝāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻĄāĻŋāĻ•ā§āϝāĻžāĻĒ āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āĻšā§āϝāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻĄāĻŋāĻ•ā§āϝāĻžāĻĒ āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āϧāĻžāϰāĻŖ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to assign weights to horses in a race based on their perceived ability, in order to equalize their chances of winning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The handicapper carefully handicapped each horse based on its recent performances.
āĻšā§āϝāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻĄāĻŋāĻ•ā§āϝāĻžāĻĒāĻžāϰ āϏāĻžāĻŽā§āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāĻ• āĻĒāĻžāϰāĻĢāϰāĻŽā§āϝāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϏ⧇āϰ āĻ­āĻŋāĻ¤ā§āϤāĻŋāϤ⧇ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāϟāĻŋ āĻ˜ā§‹āĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϕ⧇ āϏāĻžāĻŦāϧāĻžāύ⧇ āĻšā§āϝāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻĄāĻŋāĻ•ā§āϝāĻžāĻĒ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
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