impaired
English
Adjective
impaired
- Rendered less effective.
- His impaired driving skill due to alcohol caused the accident.
- 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.
Synonyms
- (rendered less effective):
- (drunk): See Thesaurus:drunk
Translations
Rendered less effective
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inebriated, drunk
Verb
impaired
- simple past and past participle of impair
Noun
impaired (plural impaireds)