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Flowersa Posted 14 years ago
Vocabulary

Crippling, to cast himself as a figure

Hi, Does "Crippling" here has the meaning like here? If yes, my guess is that, that lack of experience won't cripple is abilty to run for the president?

I don't understand what is "Cast" in "To cast himself as a figure"

Crippling disease
"He argued that Obama’s lack of experience might not be crippling; it might actually be an asset,
allowing him to cast himself as a figure uncorrupted and unco-opted by evil Washington, without the burdens of
countless Senate votes and floor speeches."
  

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Hello Crippling means in this use: to disable; impair; weaken. (verb, used with object) For example, we can substitute the word crippling with its meaning: Impairing Disease He argued that Obama's lack of experience might not be impairing ; it might actually be an asset . Thus allowing him to cast himself as a figure uncorrupted by the evil of Washington .

— Ryan Peters

  • Hello Crippling means in this use: to disable; impair; weaken.
  • (verb, used with object) For example, we can substitute the word crippling with its meaning: Impairing Disease He argued that Obama's lack of experience might not be impairing ; it might actually be an asset .
  • Thus allowing him to cast himself as a figure uncorrupted by the evil of Washington .
  • In the above I have corrected the run-on sentence and removed the word unco-opted as this word is not proper English.
  • The remainder of the sentence is not necessary.
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Hello
Crippling means in this use:

to disable; impair; weaken. (verb, used with object)

For example, we can substitute the word crippling with its meaning:

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