Impaired

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Diminished, damaged, or weakened: an impaired sense of smell.
  • adj. Functioning poorly or incompetently: a driver so tired as to be impaired.
  • adj. Having a physical or mental disability: an impaired child in need of special assistance.
  • n. People who have a physical or mental disability considered as a group: a swimming class for the physically impaired.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. Rendered less effective
  • adj. inebriated, drunk.
  • v. Simple past tense and past participle of impair.
  • n. A criminal charge for impaired driving.
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  • adj. mentally or physically unfit
  • adj. diminished in strength, quality, or utility
  • Antonym
    improve    amend   
    Verb Form
    impaired    impairing    impairs   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    damage   
    Cross Reference
    spoil   
    Form
    impairment   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    deteriorate    diminish    enfeeble    weaken    debilitate    debase    injure    decrease    reduce    diminution   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Adair    Aer    Altair    Astaire    Ayre    Baer    Bear    Blair    Cher    Clair   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts