To render unable or incapable; to destroy the force, vigor, or power of action of; to deprive of competent physical or intellectual power; to incapacitate; to disqualify; to make incompetent or unfit for service; to impair
when the sensitive resource is set to False, the widget is disabled, in the case where its use would be inappropriate at some point in the program Disabled widgets appear ``grayed out" so that the user know it is disabled and cannot use it
To deprive of that which gives value or estimation; to declare lacking in competency; to disparage; to undervalue
To make a device nonfunctional For example, if a device in a hardware profile is disabled, the device cannot be used while using that hardware profile Disabling a device frees the resources that were allocated to the device
If an injury or illness disables someone, it affects them so badly that it restricts the way that they can live their life. She did all this tendon damage and it really disabled her Although disabled by polio during the Second World War, Proctor was also a first-rate helmsman. + disabling dis·abling skin ulcers which are disfiguring and sometimes disabling
injure permanently; "He was disabled in a car accident" make unable to perform a certain action; "disable this command on your computer