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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a handicap for" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a disadvantage or obstacle that affects someone or something in a particular context.
Example: "The lack of funding has become a handicap for the development of the new project."
Alternatives: "a disadvantage for" or "an obstacle to".
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Isn't this a handicap for an editor?
"Do I get a handicap for being ancient?" she asked.
"This decision is such a handicap for us".
But that isn't a handicap for Dizzee at all.
Perhaps it is time to change the ground rules and include a handicap for location.
Ken Livingstone, Labour's candidate in London, is proving a handicap for the party there.
"Without doubt, in my opinion, it has been a handicap for the Scottish teams".
Internally the high level of private debt is a handicap for new investors.
In our strange system for choosing a President, this has not always been a handicap for a fringe candidate.
"Being a single mother is not a happy situation," she says, "and it's a handicap for my child.
More than a half-century after Brown v. Board of Education, segregated schools remain a handicap for poor students.
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