impaired

  • 11impaired — UK [ɪmˈpeə(r)d] / US [ɪmˈperd] adjective if your body s ability to do something is impaired, you are not fully able to do it methods of correcting impaired vision Signing is provided for the hearing impaired …

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  • 12Impaired — Impair Im*pair , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Impaired}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Impairing}.] [Written also {empair}.] [OE. empeiren, enpeiren, OF. empeirier, empirier, F. empirer, LL. impejorare; L. pref. im in + pejorare to make worse, fr. pejor worse. Cf.… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 13impaired — adjective Date: 1582 being in a less than perfect or whole condition: as a. disabled or functionally defective often used in combination < hearing impaired > b. intoxicated by alcohol or narcotics < driving while impaired > …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 14impaired — adj. hearing; visually impaired * * * visually impaired hearing …

    Combinatory dictionary

  • 15impaired — im|paired [ımˈpeəd US ˈperd] adj damaged, less strong, or not as good as before ▪ impaired vision visually/hearing/mentally/physically etc impaired (=used to describe someone who cannot see, hear etc well) …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 16impaired — adjective not as good as before or not as good as it should be: A special device for viewers with impaired hearing. | TV reception may be impaired in some areas …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 17-impaired — an adjectival suffix denoting that the human function specified or implied is damaged or reduced in capacity, as in sight impaired, mentally impaired …

  • 18impaired — adj. Impaired is used with these nouns: ↑driving, ↑hearing, ↑immunity, ↑judgement, ↑vision …

    Collocations dictionary

  • 19impaired — adjective [often in combination] having a disability of a specified kind: hearing impaired …

    English new terms dictionary

  • 20impaired — [ɪmˈpeəd] adj not fully able to do something methods of correcting impaired vision[/ex] …

    Dictionary for writing and speaking English