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Damaged or defective in some way
“The impaired device may seem to be in good operating condition but greater impairment and circuit malfunctions will occur.”
Physically or mentally disabled or incapacitated in some way
“If the visually impaired person wishes so, describe the environment, whether it be a landscape during a walk, the arrangement of a room, or scenes on TV.”
Decreased or diminished in level, degree or intensity
“The state of sleep, which may be viewed as the first stage of hybernation, induces an impaired degree of respiration.”
Having faults or errors
“Errors in at least one of these processes can lead to an impaired and inaccurate memory.”
Below average in standard or quality
“While production peaks caused higher manufacturing costs, delayed deliveries, and impaired workmanship, the dips in production resulted in unemployment, excess inventories, and costly markdowns.”
Physically damaged or blemished
“The impaired surface of the mouldings was regarded as a disadvantage, especially for those mouldings where a good surface quality was required.”
Under the influence of alcohol (or narcotics)
“This report is a review of the scientific literature about drivers who have been convicted more than once of driving while impaired by alcohol.”
Displaying severe degradation and neglect
Not in good health
Having fallen into a state of disrepair or deterioration
In a corrupt or adulterated state
(of a place or economic activity) Suffering the damaging effects of a lack of demand or employment
Suffering from a particular illness, pain, distress, or disability
Impaired or intellectually disabled
Having subnormal intellectual or mental abilities
Cut or ripped open or into pieces
Something containing a disease or having morally harmful characteristics
Out of practice in a skill or subject
Past tense for to cause damage to, or have a diminishing effect on
“Stress is believed to impair one's ability to regulate moods and prevent mild sadness from deepening and persisting.”
Past tense for to deprive of strength and vigor
Past tense for to diminish in intensity or severity, especially gradually
Past tense for to wear away or cause damage through applied friction
Past tense for to render less intense, severe or lively
Past tense for to become progressively worse in quality or health
Past tense for to make worse or more severe
Past tense for to lace or contaminate with poison
Past tense for to break or cause to break suddenly and violently into pieces
Past tense for to make ineligible, as for entry to an examination
Past tense for to hit very hard
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