impaired

English

Adjective

impaired

1. Rendered less effective

   His impaired driving skill due to alcohol caused the accident.

2. inebriated, drunk.

Usage notes

• Nouns to which "impaired" is often applied: vision, hearing, mobility, healing, fertility, health, judgment, cognition, consciousness, memory, concentration, function, performance, ability, capacity, person, child, adult.
• Adverbs often applied to "impaired": visually, physically, mentally, emotionally, cognitively.

Translations

Rendered less effective

Finnish: heikentynyt French: détérioré (fr), affaibli (fr) German: beeinträchtigt (de), behindert (de), gestört (de), gemindert (de), geschädigt (de), verschlimmert (de)

Romanian: înrautățit (ro) m. and n., slăbit (ro) m. and n., diminuat (ro) m. and n. Spanish: alterado (es), estropeado (es), aminorado (es) Turkish: bozuk (tr), güçsüz (tr), zayıf (tr)

inebriated, drunk

Spanish: borracho (es)

Verb

impaired

1. Simple past tense and past participle of impair.

Noun

impaired (plural impaireds)

1. A criminal charge for impaired driving.

   The cop gave me an impaired.