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verb (used with object)

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)

to grow or become worse; lessen.

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noun

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; compare 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

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self-im·pair·a·ble, adjective

self-im·pair·ing, adjective

un·im·pair·a·ble, adjective

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Synonyms
1. See injure.

Antonyms
1. repair.

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Example Sentences

Speech and language impairment may be any of several problems that make it difficult to communicate.

Lubet's own experiences of impairment prompted his study.

And none of the patients involved has experienced noticeable cognitive impairment as a result of the operation.

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Speech and language impairment may be any of several problems that make it difficult to communicate.

Lubet's own experiences of impairment prompted his study.

And none of the patients involved has experienced noticeable cognitive impairment as a result of the operation.

Those who smoked cannabis high in cannabidiol showed no such impairment.

Vision problems in a person can thus have causal links to learning disabilities and even memory impairment.

Taste impairment means there is a problem with your sense of taste.

So far this advice has proven right, with big discrepancies in impairment levels between countries.

Amazing to me that the ability for independent thinking should be described as an impairment.

Even a person with memory impairment would likely remember that.

But now, new research shows, many patients on dialysis have severe mental impairment.

Most go under a general heading of neurological because they reflect some impairment of overall function.

And, as noted up there, over intake of alcohol might result in cognitive impairment.

Some health-care workers were worried this might alarm patients suffering from mental impairment.

Doctors with mild cognitive impairment may not be aware they have a problem or their performance is flagging.

Both of these states are known to cause temporary cognitive impairment in all ages.

They all had one thing in common when the study commenced: no signs of cognitive impairment.

Mental impairment is a common event in advanced cirrhosis.

Neither did they have any understanding of mental impairment which might reasonably vitiate the right to bear arms.

Studies show that triclosan is linked to bacterial resistance and impairment of thyroid function in animals.

Hearing impairment can interfere with language development even before children move through the babbling stage.

Attention is not the only cognitive impairment produced by inadequate sleep.

This, they argue, is the direct cause of memory impairment.

The symptoms of cognitive impairment and disordered thinking may occur before other symptoms of schizophrenia.

Both provide the personal impairment of man and his place in nature.

Ginkgo biloba for cognitive impairment and dementia.

Many people with hearing problems have found hearing aids to be almost as frustrating as the impairment itself.

Just about one person in ten in this country suffers from serious impairment of the hearing function.

They say the device seeks to measure the degree of a driver's impairment rather than the volume of drugs taken.

One man's experience with cognitive impairment after open-heart surgery.

Such temporary hearing impairment can lead to lingering hearing deficits even after the infection or fluid clears.

Mild cognitive impairment is the stage between normal forgetfulness due to aging and the development of dementia.

Melatonin attenuates the vestibulosympathetic but not vestibulocollic reflexes in humans: selective impairment of the utricles.

Yeah, this is no more ridiculous than any other physical impairment.

There is no impairment in motor or sensory function, judgment, intellectual faculties or consciousness.

The problem is acute for people with vision impairment.

Mice whose brains were injured with this method showed significant memory impairment on place-recognition tests.

His family said the cause of death was renal impairment.

Precisely moving a cursor with a mouse is difficult if your hand shakes because of motor impairment.

Technically, this is called impairment of meta consciousness also known as smashed, bombed or wasted.

Impairment is found almost as often in children who grew up being read to as in those who grew up without a book in sight.

One such impairment is a patient's gradual loss of motivation and ability to learn from rewards.

He has lived with a hearing impairment since birth.

People with mental impairment might be able to keep climbing longer".

Her training in blindness is centered on how visual impairment can uniquely affect a person.

Their impairment seemed to selectively concern the representation of the other player.

Oxygen shortage can lead to euphoria, behavioral changes, memory impairment and lack of judgment and physical coordination.

For example, a impairment in processing new information can lead to hostile-aggressive triggering.

Aphasia is a language impairment secondary to stroke or head trauma.

The pain causes clinically significant distress or impairment in social, occupational, or other important areas of functioning.

Why live, why live long and with the probability of biological impairment are questions irrelevant to these sciences.

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World English Dictionary

impair (ɪmˈpɛə)

—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 pejorative]

im'pairable

—*adj*

im'pairer

—n

im'pairment

—n

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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.

American Heritage

Medical Dictionary

impairment im·pair·ment (ĭm-pâr'mənt)
n.
Weakening, damage, or deterioration, especially as a result of injury or disease.

im·pair' v.

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