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as in drunk
being under the influence of alcohol
driving while impaired is against the law
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as in disabled
deprived of the power to perform one or more natural bodily activities
special devices for sight-impaired visitors
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as in damaged
to reduce the soundness, effectiveness, or perfection of
already impaired by a crack, the windshield shattered upon impact with the baseball
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Recent Examples of impaired
Shawn Raymundo, AZCentral.com, 2 Feb. 2026
French is visually impaired, with a guide dog of her own, named Knightly.
—Daily News, 31 Jan. 2026
Philip Wang, Time, 28 Jan. 2026
Accessibility and Sustainability Guest rooms are all in compliance with ADA, with many offering accessible clearance for wheelchairs and audible chimes for the hearing impaired.
—Carole Dixon, Travel + Leisure, 28 Jan. 2026
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Adjective
To step up enforcement and deter impaired driving, the Highway Safety office is hosting an Impaired Driving Task Force along with the Salt River Police and Phoenix Police departments.
—Shawn Raymundo, AZCentral.com, 2 Feb. 2026
French is visually impaired, with a guide dog of her own, named Knightly.
—Daily News, 31 Jan. 2026
Verb
Play Now Court documents show Kazmierczak was convicted of driving while impaired in two separate incidents in 2010 and in 2009.
—Philip Wang, Time, 28 Jan. 2026
Accessibility and Sustainability Guest rooms are all in compliance with ADA, with many offering accessible clearance for wheelchairs and audible chimes for the hearing impaired.
—Carole Dixon, Travel + Leisure, 28 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for impaired
Adjective
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Even Sheriff Taylor had the occasion to welcome someone worse than Otis the town drunk into the Mayberry jail.—
Television Critic,
Los Angeles Times,
7 Feb. 2026
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Cops quickly determined the 42-year-old suspect was drunk behind the wheel and charged him with driving while intoxicated.—
Thomas Tracy,
New York Daily News,
7 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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Users who register as younger than 13 will automatically get a Cabined Account that requires parental consent via email and voice/text chat, spending money and custom display names are disabled unless a parent provides consent.—
Katie Wiseman,
IndyStar,
4 Feb. 2026
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These individuals are often left destitute, disabled, and in chronic pain from medically unnecessary procedures.—
Elizabeth Heck,
New York Daily News,
4 Feb. 2026
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No American servicemembers were harmed, and no equipment was damaged during the incident, the statement continued.—
Cybele Mayes-Osterman,
USA Today,
3 Feb. 2026
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Other studies have found a link between strokes that damaged the right uncinate fasciculus with loss of empathy, suggesting this tract somehow regulates emotions that affect moral conduct.—
Christopher M. Filley,
The Conversation,
3 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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The debaucherous festival, which celebrated the coming of spring, included animal sacrifices and drunken revelry to honor Faunus, the Roman god of agriculture, as well as the Roman founders Romulus and Remus.—
Marina Johnson,
IndyStar,
5 Feb. 2026
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Read was last June acquitted of all charges, save for drunken driving, related to the murder of her Boston Police officer boyfriend, John O’Keefe.—
Flint McColgan,
Boston Herald,
1 Feb. 2026
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No one was reported injured by the Wednesday night blaze at the Lehigh Valley Hospital campus in Dickson City, which drew all available emergency medical services within a 50-mile radius, fire officials said.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
6 Feb. 2026
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Law enforcement officers were injured, autonomous vehicles were set on fire and stores were looted.—
Ryan Gaydos,
FOXNews.com,
6 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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Inspired by the classic French combo of radishes and butter, this Japanese riff opts for daikon, gently pan-fried until hoku-hoku, an onomatopoetic term for foods that are soft, warm, and slightly dry or fluffy.—
Chihiro Tomioka,
Saveur,
5 Feb. 2026
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Whether they’re served plain, with ham, or with fried chicken, there has to be a basket of biscuits on the table!—
Josh Miller,
Southern Living,
1 Feb. 2026
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In fact, Nanos' last election was marred by controversy.—
Peter D'Abrosca,
FOXNews.com,
5 Feb. 2026
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However, Machado seems to have regrouped following the elbow surgery that marred the end of his 2023 season and slowed him to start 2024.—
Jeff Sanders,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
5 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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Thanks to an exceptionally wet December, death cap mushrooms — or Amanita phalloides — have proliferated along the Central Coast and in Northern California.—
Kevinisha Walker,
Los Angeles Times,
9 Feb. 2026
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Beyond Darwin’s collection, the approach could be applied across museums worldwide, offering a safer way to manage aging wet collections and preserve irreplaceable biological records.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
9 Feb. 2026
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“Impaired.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/impaired. Accessed 10 Feb. 2026.
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