unimpaired

adjective

un·​im·​paired ˌən-im-ˈperd How to pronounce unimpaired (audio)
: not damaged or made weaker : not impaired
unimpaired speech
unimpaired influence
unimpaired drivers [=drivers who are not drunk, drugged, etc.]
Age had left his faculties unimpairedJoseph Conrad

Examples of unimpaired in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web The intel vessel soon was spotted sailing back into Sevastopol, seemingly unimpaired. David Axe, Forbes, 28 Mar. 2024 Time spent hanging out in the Whites will acquaint you with more of their charms, such as the spectacular displays of meteor showers and stars, constellations and moon phases the night skies bestow – unimpaired by any glow from surrounding towns, since there are so few. Paul McHugh, Sacramento Bee, 31 Jan. 2024 Without this trial, science won’t be able to validate a redefinition of Alzheimer’s disease, and doctors and patients won’t have evidence to know beyond a reasonable doubt whether a drug given to cognitively unimpaired persons with elevated amyloid is safe and effective. Jason Karlawish, STAT, 6 Feb. 2024 Once these technologies have been proven safe and reliable for people with disabilities, some people with unimpaired bodies will start clamoring to use them as technological augmentations. Eliza Strickland, IEEE Spectrum, 27 May 2014 Property evaluations were far below replacement costs that researchers at Tulane University had recommended based on comparable homes unimpaired by toxins. Xander Peters, The Christian Science Monitor, 11 Sep. 2023 The architecture within those cities depends heavily on symmetries and proportions derived from unimpaired human bodies and average physiology — windows as eyes, doors as mouths, cornices as hair or headgear, and so on. Curbed, 19 Jan. 2023 All were without dementia and cognitively unimpaired during testing and had undergone one of two types of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans. Sandee Lamotte, CNN, 10 May 2023 The forecasts by the Department of Water Resources reflect unimpaired runoff, water that comes from a river basin unimpeded — the figures do not account for water management measures. Jack Lee, San Francisco Chronicle, 11 Apr. 2023

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Word History

First Known Use

1583, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of unimpaired was in 1583

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“Unimpaired.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unimpaired. Accessed 26 Apr. 2024.

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