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unimpaired

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im⋅paired

  [im-paird]
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–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 prec. by an adverb or noun): morally impaired; sports-impaired.
Origin:
impair + -ed 2
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Slang Dictionary
impaired

  1. mod.
    alcohol intoxicated. (Euphemistic.) : He was so impaired he couldn't see his hand in front of his face.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History

unimpaired 
1583, from un- (1) "not" + pp. of impair. Rare before c.1760.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: impaired
Function: adjective
: being in a less than perfect or whole condition: as a : handicapped or functionally defective —oftenused in combination impaired> b : intoxicated by alcohol or narcotics impaired>
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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