challenged

(adjective, verb)

adjective

1. Lacking some physical or mental attribute or skill; used after adverbs to make politically correct adjectives.

- mentally challenged

2. Used following adverbs to make jocular adjectives in imitation of and mocking politically correct adjectives of this kind, as "X-challenged" = "lacking X".

- vertically challenged

verb

1. simple past tense and past participle of challenge