noun
1. disability of walking due to crippling of the legs or feet
• Syn: ↑limping, ↑gimp, ↑gimpiness, ↑gameness, ↑claudication
• Derivationally related forms: ↑game (for: ↑gameness), ↑gimpy (for: ↑gimpiness), ↑gimp (for: ↑gimp), ↑lame
• Hypernyms: ↑disability of walking
• Hyponyms: ↑intermittent claudication
2. an imperfection or defectiveness
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a stylist noted for the lameness of his plots
• Derivationally related forms: ↑lame
• Hypernyms: ↑defectiveness, ↑faultiness
Useful english dictionary. 2012.