impairment
the state of being diminished, weakened, or damaged, especially mentally or physically: cognitive impairment in older adults.
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How to use impairment in a sentence
The fewer diagnostic criteria required to call a person impaired, the more “any difficulty whatsoever” can be deemed impairment.
A more precise association of THC levels and degrees of impairment are not yet available.
Yet in this case, the degree of impairment seems to have been similar on both sides.
There were some memory lapses, there were some major issues … we found no evidence of any kind of major impairment.
Seizure disorder, severe developmental delays and neurological impairment, feeding tube and tracheotomy.
It was an acid test of his sanity and he knew as he worked that his reasoning faculties at least had suffered no impairment.
The Man from Time | Frank Belknap LongFrom these details it is evident that epilepsy is not of necessity associated with impairment of the physical or mental health.
A Statistical Inquiry Into the Nature and Treatment of Epilepsy | Alexander Hughes BennettThat is to say, if he feels himself compelled to the commission of crime, there is surely an impairment of responsibility.
Essays In Pastoral Medicine | Austin MalleyA bad rippling, any serious accidental or temporary impairment of the faculties, meant swift death.
Before Adam | Jack LondonThere are certain deductions, a certain percentage of impairment to be allowed for, but the general statement holds.
The Interest of America in Sea Power, Present and Future | A. T. Mahan
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