metabolically challenged

adjective

Having difficulty with metabolism.

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Meanings

adjectivemetabolically challenged (comparative more metabolically challenged, superlative most metabolically challenged)

comparative more metabolically challenged · superlative most metabolically challenged

  1. Having difficulty with metabolism.

    From this evaluation it was evidenced that metabolically challenged dairy cows (on the basis of concentrations of glucose, BHBA, and NEFA) show differences in liver transcripts, compared to metabolically unchallenged dairy cows [...]

    2010, G. Matteo Crovetto, Energy and Protein Metabolism and Nutrition, →ISBN
  2. euphemistichumorousDead.

Origin

The second sense is an ironic imitation of the perceived oversensitivity of language like "mentally challenged".

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Translations

Finnish aineenvaihduntahäiriöinen
  • aineenvaihduntahäiriöinenhaving difficulty with metabolism
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APA

metabolically challenged. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/metabolically%20challenged

MLA

“metabolically challenged.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/metabolically%20challenged. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “metabolically challenged,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/metabolically%20challenged.

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