impair
impair
Definition
im·pair (im per′)
transitive verb
to make worse, less, weaker, etc.; damage; reduce
Etymology: ME empeiren < OFr empeirer < VL *impejorare < L in-, intens. + LL pejorare, to make worse: see pejorative
impair
Synonyms
impair
v.
impair
Law Definition
v
Of property or a contractual
right, to interfere in such a way as to diminish its value.
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Usage Examples
Object
- mobility: Access Mobility impaired visitors can access the mill from the back entrance through the double red gates.
- hearing: Is there a hearing loop for the hearing impaired?
- sight: The term partially sighted is replaced by the term sight impaired.
- vision: I'm posting the pebbles: active learning through play for children who are blind or vision impaired.
- child: Visually impaired children are often slow to develop speech.
- youngster: There are seven registered blind children and around 50 visually impaired youngsters in Northamptonshire's mainstream schools and nurseries.
Subject
- alcohol: I need to think and I am somewhat intellectually impaired by alcohol at the moment.
Preposition: through
- drug: Whilst the dangers of drink driving are well known, people are less aware of the risks of driving when impaired through drugs.
Adjective complement
- elderly: Conclusion Preliminary results indicate a positive effect of the intervention in reducing loneliness among visually impaired elderly.
- due: Potential vision problems Vision can become slightly impaired due to the fluctuations in hormone levels.
Modifying Another Word
- visually: Visually impaired users who cannot see the screen need a screen reader to read back what they have typed.
- mentally: A dwelling only occupied by a severely mentally impaired person or persons.
- severely: Many people whose hearing is not severely impaired are still able to hear a conventional smoke alarm.
- cognitively: Finally, nine of the measures were only validated in studies in which less than 20 % of the respondents were cognitively impaired.
- seriously: Their capacity to cope with the trials which await them in Malaysia will be seriously impaired.
- neurologically: In general, payments would be limited to £ 30,000, but more may be available for neurologically impaired babies.
Used with why or when
- when: Also some people report that the quality of their sleep is impaired when using sleeping medication.
Present participle complement
- drive: It's not just illegal drug like cannabis and ecstasy that cause accidents - legal, medicinal drugs can also seriously impair driving ability.
Preposition: in
- patient: Health status is impaired in elderly patients with orthostatic hypotension.
Preposition: by
- alcohol: I need to think and I am somewhat intellectually impaired by alcohol at the moment.
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