1(of a person or animal) unable to walk without difficulty as the result of an injury or illness affecting the leg or foot:his horse went lame (of a leg or foot) affected by injury or illness: despite his lame leg, he fled
2(of an explanation or excuse) unconvincingly feeble:the TV licensing teams hear a lot of lame excuses (of something intended to be entertaining) uninspiring and dull: I found the programme pretty lame and not very informative North American informal (of a person) naive or socially inept: anyone who doesn’t know that is obviously lame
make (a person or animal) lame: he was badly lamed during the expedition