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1. Disabled in the feet or legs
   "a lame soldier";
   - crippled, halt [archaic], halting, gimpy [N. Amer], game
    
2. Pathetically lacking in force or effectiveness
   "a lame argument";
   - feeble, wussy

1. Someone who doesn't understand what is going on
   - square

1. Deprive of the use of a limb, especially a leg
   - cripple

1. A fabric interwoven with threads of metal
   "she wore a gold lamé dress"

Derived forms: lamer, lamest, lames, lamed, laming

See also: unfit, weak

Type of: cloth, fabric, maim, material, simple, simpleton, textile

Encyclopedia: Lame