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Webster 1828 Edition

Impaired

IMPA'IRED

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Diminished; injured; weakened.

Definition 2025

impaired

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.

Translations

Rendered less effective

Dutch: verzwakt (nl), verminderd (nl), beschadigd (nl), verstoord (nl)
Finnish: heikentynyt
French: détérioré (fr), affaibli (fr), diminué (fr)
German: beeinträchtigt (de), behindert (de), gestört (de), gemindert (de), geschädigt (de), verschlimmert (de)
Italian: diminuito (it)
Japanese: 不自由な ‎(fujiyū na)

Romanian: înrautățit m, n, slăbit (ro) m, n, diminuat m, n
Spanish: alterado (es), estropeado (es), aminorado (es)
Swedish: nedsatt (sv), försämrad (sv)
Turkish: bozuk (tr), güçsüz (tr), zayıf (tr)

inebriated, drunk

Spanish: borracho (es)

Verb

impaired

simple past tense and past participle of impair

Noun

impaired ‎(plural impaireds)

A criminal charge for impaired driving.
The cop gave me an impaired.