a lame argument

You might describe a limping dog that's lost the use of one of its legs as lame, which means "disabled in a leg or foot."

It's less common than describing injured animals as lame, but you can use this adjective to describe a limping person too.Lame is probably most often used to mean generally weak or pathetic. If your friend threw a Frisbee in your direction and it landed several feet in front of you, you might say, "What a lamethrow!"

PRIMARY MEANINGS OF:lame

1	adjv	disabled in the feet or legs
2	adj	pathetically lacking in force or effectiveness
3	n	someone who doesn't understand what is going on
4	n	a fabric interwoven with threads of metal

FULL DEFINITIONS OF: lame

1

adjdisabled in the feet or legs

Synonyms:

crippled, game, gimpy, halt, halting

unfit

not in good physical or mental condition; out of condition

vdeprive of the use of a limb, especially a leg

Synonyms:

cripple

Types:

hamstring

cripple by cutting the hamstring

Type of:

maim

injure or wound seriously and leave permanent disfiguration or mutilation

2

adjpathetically lacking in force or effectiveness

“a lame argument”

Synonyms:

feeble

weak

wanting in physical strength

3

nsomeone who doesn't understand what is going on

Synonyms:

square

Type of:

simple, simpleton

a person lacking intelligence or common sense

4

na fabric interwoven with threads of metal

“she wore a gold lame dress”

Type of:

cloth, fabric, material, textile

artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers