lame: meaning and definitions

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What is lame?

What is lame?

  • Disabled so that movement, especially walking, is difficult or impossible: Lame from the accident, he walked with a cane. A lame wing kept the bird from flying.
  • Marked by pain or rigidness: a lame back.
  • Weak or ineffectual: a lame attempt to apologize.
  • Informal Dull or unsatisfactory: That movie was so lame! Slang Socially inappropriate; foolish.

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