crippled

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unable to walk or move in the usual way because of injury or a medical condition

severely damaged and unable to operate effectively:

A crippled submarine found itself unable to surface.

Officials had hoped those measures would calm investors' nerves and heal the crippled financial system.

severely affected or limited by something:

People who take on other people's troubles are likely to end up feeling crippled by stress.

He was a hugely talented man, but crippled by self-doubt.

(of software or a device) limited in the way that it works, usually intentionally in order to make the user pay for more software, etc.:

Some users have managed to unlock these crippled processors.