What does crippling mean?

Definitions for crippling
crip·pling

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. crippling, disabling, incapacitatingadjective

    that cripples or disables or incapacitates

    "a crippling injury"

Wiktionary

  1. cripplingadjective

    That cripples

ChatGPT

  1. crippling

    Crippling refers to causing severe damage or harm, often to the extent that functionality, efficiency, or effectiveness is greatly reduced. It often characterizes conditions affecting physical health or mobility (such as a crippling disease), but it can also be used metaphorically to describe substantial impairments in other aspects, such as financial situations or systems.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Crippling

    of Cripple

  2. Cripplingnoun

    spars or timbers set up as a support against the side of a building

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of crippling in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of crippling in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of crippling in a Sentence

  1. Scott Walker:

    As president, on my very first day going forward, I would pull back -- I would terminate that bad deal with Iran completely on day one, i would then put in place crippling economic sanctions against Iran, and I'd convince our allies that this is not a country we should be doing business with.

  2. Bryan Ma:

    At the very least, we know the Google apps won't be available, and that could be crippling.

  3. Stuart King:

    It's an interesting balancing act with the UK wanting to be seen as thought leaders without crippling international competitiveness in other areas like remuneration.

  4. Kathleen Rodgers:

    We both lived in crippling fear every second of every day that the notification team would show up on our doorstep and change our lives forever, i can't imagine experiencing that again.

  5. Frank Gillett:

    Solar is now the stepchild at Tesla. They've made two decisions in a row that deal crippling blows to the solar business and they may be regretting the Home Depot idea, it doesn't feel thoughtfully done, it's rushed. Basically it will hurt them from a brand and marketing point of view.

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