impaired
Use Impaired in a sentence
adjective
1.
weakened, diminished, or damaged: impaired hearing; to rebuild an impaired bridge.
2.
functioning poorly or inadequately: Consumption of alcohol results in an impaired driver.
3.
deficient or incompetent (usually preceded by an adverb or noun): morally impaired; sports-impaired.
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verb (used with object)
1.
to make or cause to become worse; diminish in ability, value, excellence, etc.; weaken or damage: to impair one's health; to impair negotiations.
verb (used without object)
2.
to grow or become worse; lessen.
noun
3.
Archaic. impairment.
Origin:
1250–1300; Middle English empairen, empeiren to make worse < Middle French empeirer, equivalent to em- im-1 + peirer to make worse < Late Latin pējōrāre, equivalent to Latin pējōr-, stem of pējor worse + -ā- thematic vowel + -re infinitive suffix; cf. pejorative
1250–1300; Middle English empairen, empeiren to make worse < Middle French empeirer, equivalent to em- im-1 + peirer to make worse < Late Latin pējōrāre, equivalent to Latin pējōr-, stem of pējor worse + -ā- thematic vowel + -re infinitive suffix; cf. pejorative
Related forms
im·pair·a·ble, adjective
im·pair·er, noun
im·pair·ment, noun
non·im·pair·ment, noun
pre·im·pair·ment, noun
Antonyms
1. repair.
1. repair.
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| —vb | |
| (tr) to reduce or weaken in strength, quality, etc: his hearing was impaired by an accident | |
| [C14: from Old French empeirer to make worse, from Late Latin pējorāre, from Latin pejor worse; see | |
| im'pairable | |
| —adj | |
| im'pairer | |
| —n | |
| im'pairment | |
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Word Origin & History
impair
late 14c., earlier ampayre, apeyre (c.1300), from O.Fr. empeirier, from V.L. *impejorare "make worse," from L. in- "into" + L.L. pejorare "make worse," from pejor "worse." In ref. to driving under the influence of alcohol, first recorded 1951 in Canadian Eng.
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Slang Dictionary
impaired definition
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Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Example sentences
Methods of dealing with impaired nurses are becoming less punitive.
Research is being done to develop technology to put alcohol detection systems in vehicles to prevent impaired driving.
Includes several accessibility features to help the visually impaired.
BA still appears to be making a decent fist of running its impaired service.
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