Meaning

6 senses
  1. (especially)Unable to walk properly because of a problem with one's feet or legs.

    With the years, this horse has little by little gone lame.

    lahm

    хромо́йxromój, хрома́ющийxromájuščij

    кульга́вийkulʹhávyj

    disabled in the feet or legs

  2. Unable to walk properly because of a problem with one's feet or legs.

    (especially)That cannot be moved properly.

  3. (dated, especially, offensive)Physically disabled.

    a lame man

  4. (broadly, dated)Hobbling; limping; inefficient; imperfect.

    хрома́ющийxromájuščij

  5. (colloquial)Unconvincing or unbelievable.

    He had a really lame excuse for missing the birthday party.

    сла́быйslábyj, неубеди́тельныйneubedítelʹnyj

  6. (colloquial)Uncool, uninteresting, or unfunny.

    He kept telling these extremely lame jokes all night.

Examples

61 sentences
  1. I don't want to hear your lame excuses.

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  2. Can you believe how lame this is?

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  3. That's a lame excuse.

    ruЭто неудачная отмазка.

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  4. That's so lame.

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  5. This is lame.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
unable to walk properly because of a problem with one's feet or legs:
Русский
By meaning 4
moving with difficulty:
slang: failing to be cool, funny, interesting or relevant:
unable to walk properly because of a problem with one's feet or legs:
slang: unconvincing:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
slang: failing to be cool, funny, interesting or relevant:
unable to walk properly because of a problem with one's feet or legs:

Origin

From Middle English lame, from Old English lama (“lame”), from Proto-West Germanic *lam, f

From Middle English lame, from Old English lama (“lame”), from Proto-West Germanic *lam, from Proto-Germanic *lamaz (“lame”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃lemH- (“to tire; to break”).

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Forms

lamer, lamest
Comparativelamer Lesson
Superlativelamest Lesson

regular

Synonyms

8 synonyms
Close in meaning

Antonyms

4 antonyms

Word family

19 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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