lameadjective
uk/leɪm/us/leɪm/lame adjective (UNABLE TO WALK)
(especially of animals) not able to walk correctly because of physical injury to or weakness in the legs or feet
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Zoology: veterinary medicine
- alter
- anthrax
- castrate
- cattery
- collar
- delouse
- destroy
- distemper
- foot-and-mouth
- froth
- geld
- hoof-and-mouth
- leptospirosis
- myxomatosis
- put sth down 1
- quarantine
- rabid
- rabies
- vet
- veterinarian
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lame adjective (NOT SATISFACTORY)
(especially of an excuse or argument) weak and unsatisfactory:
a lame excuse
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Not good enough
- be not on idiom
- beneath
- cop
- deficient
- indefensible
- leave
- leave a lot to be desired idiom
- never
- on
- palm
- palm sb off with sth
- sad
- second-rate
- tried and found wanting idiom
- unacceptable
- unacceptably
- unsatisfactory
- unsatisfying
- want
- weak
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lamely
adverb uk/ˈleɪm.li/us/ˈleɪm.li/
lameness
noun [ U ] uk/ˈleɪm.nəs/us/ˈleɪm.nəs/