Impaired
[ɪm'peəd]
Definition
(adj.) diminished in strength, quality, or utility; 'impaired eyesight' .
Typist: Stanley--From WordNet
Definition
(imp. & p. p.) of Impair
Editor: Milton
Examples
- I do not know that my mental faculties are impaired. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- But although the bodily powers of the great man were thus impaired, his mental energies retained their pristine vigour. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Furthermore, there are sure to be times when the service will be interrupted and seriously impaired if such plans for the future are not made and consistently carried out. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- The sense of the awfulness of riches that could never be impaired flooded her mind like a swoon, a death in most marvellous possession, mystic-sure. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- As if his memory were impaired, or his faculties disordered, the prisoner made an effort to rally his attention. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- The seasons during which the ability of private people to accumulate was somewhat impaired, would occur more rarely, and be of shorter continuance. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- My digestion is much impaired, and I am but a poor knife and fork at any time. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- His digestion is impaired, which is highly respectable. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- My health, severely impaired when I left England, was quite restored. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
Editor: Milton