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   impaired

   /ɪmˈpɛːd/

   adjective

   • 1. weakened or damaged: "an impaired banking system"
   • ▪ affected by alcohol or drugs to the extent of losing control over one's faculties or behaviour: North American "impaired driving charges"
   • 2. having a disability of a specified kind: "sight-impaired children"

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   What is the difference between damage and impair?

   • damage suggests injury that lowers value or impairs usefulness. impair suggests a making less complete or efficient by deterioration or diminution. mar applies to injury that spoils perfection (as of a surface) or causes disfigurement. Smoking can impair your health. Drinking impairs a person's ability to think clearly.

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   What does impair mean?

   • The meaning of IMPAIR is to diminish in function, ability, or quality : to weaken or make worse. How to use impair in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Impair.

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   What does impaired mean in a sentence?

   • Their main features are unchanged, although time and decay have greatly impaired their structure and defaced their beauty. Impaired definition: weakened, diminished, or damaged. See examples of IMPAIRED used in a sentence.

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   What is impaired adjective?

   • Definition of impaired adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary (of a part or function) not working as it normally would or as it does in most people Anxiety can lead to impaired cognitive function. Since my accident I have impaired mobility. The battery life of the product was seriously impaired.

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   What does it mean if an act impairs a contract?

   • That the acts in question impair this contract, has already been sufficiently shown. They impair and take away the charter; and they appropriate the property to new uses, against their consent. Impair definition: to make or cause to become worse; diminish in ability, value, excellence, etc.; weaken or damage.

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   What does it mean if a person is sight-impaired?

   • She is now registered as severely sight-impaired but has continued to paint and create works. is the most generally accepted term to refer to people with a permanent illness or injury that makes it difficult for them to use part of their body completely or easily. is old-fashioned and now usually considered offensive.

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   Impaired means being in an imperfect or weakened state or condition, such as lacking full function or ability, or unable to function normally or safely. See synonyms, examples, word history, and related phrases of impaired.

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   Impaired means weakened, diminished, or damaged, or functioning poorly or inadequately. See how to use this word in different contexts and learn its origin and synonyms.

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   When something is impaired, it's diminished or damaged. Someone who can't see very well has impaired sight.

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   Impaired means diminished, damaged, or weakened in strength, quality, or utility. It can also mean functioning poorly or incompetently, or having a physical or mental disability. See examples, translations, and related words.

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   Impaired means not working or functioning normally, or having a disability. Learn how to use this word in different contexts, with examples, synonyms and grammar notes.

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   Impair means to diminish in function, ability, or quality, or to weaken or make worse. See synonyms, examples, word history, and legal and medical usage of impair.

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   Impair means to make or cause to become worse, diminish in ability, value, excellence, etc.; weaken or damage. It can also mean odd or unequal, especially in roulette. See the origin, usage, and synonyms of impair.