able-bodied

adjective

/ˌeɪ.bl̩ˈbɒd.id/

/-ˈbɑː.did/

Definition

› describes someone who is healthy and has no illness, injury, or condition that makes it difficult to do the things that other people do: All able-bodied young men were forced to join the army.Fit and healthy the able-bodied

noun [plural] › It is hard for the able-bodied to understand the difficulties that disabled people encounter in their daily lives.Fit and healthy

(Definition of able-bodied adjective from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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