lame
[adjective]
Synonyms:
- disabled, crippled, game, handicapped, hobbling, limping
- unconvincing, feeble, flimsy, inadequate, pathetic, poor, thin, unsatisfactory, weak

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I. lame¹ /leɪm/ adjective
[Language: Old English; Origin: lama]

1.
a) unable to walk properly because your leg or foot is injured or weak:
a lame dog
go lame (=become lame)
b) the lame [plural] people who are lame

2. a lame excuse or explanation is weak and difficult to believe
lame excuse/explanation
She gave some lame excuse about missing the bus.
a lame attempt to deflect criticism ⇒ lamely

3. informal boring or not very good Synonym : poor:
A lot of the songs on this album are a bit lame.
the company’s lame performance
—lameness noun [uncountable]

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II. lame² verb [transitive usually passive]
to make a person or animal unable to walk properly Synonym : cripple:
The fall left him badly lamed.

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la‧mé /ˈlɑːmeɪ $ lɑːˈmeɪ/ noun [uncountable]
[Date: 1900-2000; Language: French; Origin: lame 'gold or silver thread']
cloth containing gold or silver threads:
a gold lamé dress

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lame
adj.
VERBS be, look | go His horse had gone lame.
leave sb, make sb an accident which had left him lame
ADV. completely, quite | slightly

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