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Impaired   /ɪmpˈɛrd/   Listen
Impaired

adjective
1.
Diminished in strength, quality, or utility.  Antonym: unimpaired.
2.
Mentally or physically unfit.  Synonym: afflicted.



Impair

verb
(past & past part. impaired; pres. part. impairing)  (Written also empair)
1.
Make worse or less effective.
2.
Make imperfect.  Synonyms: deflower, mar, spoil, vitiate.



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"Impaired" Quotes from Famous Books



... relish; inheriting the earth to the very fulness of the promise, though never leaving her crib, nor changing her posture; and preserved through the very valley of the shadow of death, from all fear or impatience, or from every cloud of impaired reason, which might mar the beauty of Christ's spirit's ...
— Daily Strength for Daily Needs • Mary W. Tileston

... made to them on that occasion, that during all the time that he had been their prince, he had always maintained them in peace, prosperity, and power, so far as depended on him, against all their enemies, and that now, in the hope of recovering his health, which was greatly impaired, he intended to return to England. He therefore earnestly besought them to place confidence in, and faithfully serve and obey, his brother, the Duke of Lancaster, as they had hitherto served ...
— Richard II - Makers of History • Jacob Abbott

... as it was beneath the overarching trees, he was able to discern objects around him, and kept along in his regular stride as surely and almost as noiselessly as a wild beast; but the four years spent in the Roman town had impaired Beric's nocturnal vision; and though he had done much hunting since his return home, he was far from being able to use his eyes as his companion did, and he more than once stumbled over the roots ...
— Beric the Briton - A Story of the Roman Invasion • G. A. Henty

... determined to leave London, as my health had become much impaired. My preparations were soon made, and I set out to travel on foot. In about two hours I had cleared the great city, and was in a broad and excellent road, leading I knew not whither. In the evening, feeling weary, I thought of putting up at an inn, but was induced ...
— The Worlds Greatest Books - Vol. II: Fiction • Arthur Mee, J. A. Hammerton, Eds.

... instead of the blooming woman of seven-and-twenty he had left her, her colour was gone, her teeth impaired, her voice broken. She ...
— Nature and Art • Mrs. Inchbald


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