impaired

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impaired

  • /ɪmˈpɛrd/ US

adjective

  1. Rendered less effective. His impaired driving skill due to alcohol caused the accident.

    Similar: challenged

  2. inebriated, drunk.

    Similar: drunk

verb

  1. participle, past simple past and past participle of impair

noun impaireds

  1. A criminal charge for driving a vehicle while impaired. The cop gave me an impaired.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: weakened, lessened, visually impaired, afflicted, diminished, dysfunctional, myopic, unfit, broken, anosmic, dyslexic, dyslectic, presbyopic, astigmatic, ametropic, dickey

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adj inebriated, drunk

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@misc{impaired_2026,
  title = {impaired},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/impaired},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}