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Definition of Impaired
1. Adjective. Diminished in strength, quality, or utility. "Impaired eyesight"
Similar to: Anosmic, Broken, Dickey, Dicky, Diminished, Lessened, Vitiated, Weakened, Dysfunctional, Dyslectic, Dyslexic
Antonyms: Unimpaired
2. Adjective. Mentally or physically unfit.
Definition of Impaired
1. Adjective. Rendered less effective ¹
2. Adjective. inebriated, drunk. ¹
3. Verb. (past of impair) ¹
4. Noun. A criminal charge for impaired driving. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Impaired
1. impair [v] - See also: impair
Lexicographical Neighbors of Impaired
Literary usage of Impaired
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1919)
"The most that can be said of the allegations in the petition is that, because of
the "distress of mind and impaired physical condition of said Pope," he ..."
2. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1889)
"The jurisdiction of the courts of the United States over controversies between
citizens of different States cannot be impaired by the laws of the State. ..."
3. The Federal and State Constitutions: Colonial Charters, and Other Organic by Francis N. Thorpe, United States (1909)
"... different from those existing at the time the order appealed from was made,
shall not be suspended or impaired by reason of the pendency of such appeal; ..."
4. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN (1886)
"HMS health was impaired, and he saw no further and was the object of several very
acri mo- military service. lie was promoted ..."
5. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon (1843)
"... whose strength was broken, and whose faculties were perhaps impaired, by the
weight ot £ hundred years ; and the insolent triumph of the Arians provoked ..."
6. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease by Philadelphia Neurological Society, American Neurological Association, Chicago Neurological Society, New York Neurological Association (1906)
"Areas of impaired sensations of touch, pain and temperature. Note on 42nd day:
Marked cyanosis of right foot. Big toe now looks well. ..."
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