as in disability
a condition in which a part of your body or mind is damaged and does not work well
Her mother had a hearing impairment that had become worse with age.
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Recent Examples of impairment
Spears, who was the sole occupant of the vehicle, showed signs of impairment and underwent field sobriety tests, CHP said.
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Shafiq Najib, ABC News, 12 Apr. 2026
If a woman named Mary Brown can’t solve a captcha, visual impairment is a statistically likely reason.
—Amanda Gefter, Quanta Magazine, 10 Apr. 2026
Gyaw Way made his first court appearance Thursday, and a judge ordered an evaluation for mental illness or cognitive impairment to determine his competency to proceed.
—Mara H. Gottfried, Twin Cities, 9 Apr. 2026
The company plans to take a $14 million impairment charge in its fourth quarter due to the closures.
—John Magsam, Arkansas Online, 8 Apr. 2026
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Shafiq Najib, ABC News, 12 Apr. 2026
If a woman named Mary Brown can’t solve a captcha, visual impairment is a statistically likely reason.
—Amanda Gefter, Quanta Magazine, 10 Apr. 2026
Gyaw Way made his first court appearance Thursday, and a judge ordered an evaluation for mental illness or cognitive impairment to determine his competency to proceed.
—Mara H. Gottfried, Twin Cities, 9 Apr. 2026
The company plans to take a $14 million impairment charge in its fourth quarter due to the closures.
—John Magsam, Arkansas Online, 8 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for impairment
Noun
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The agency has reportedly cancelled or delayed more than a billion dollars of grants for programs like school desegregation and disability services.—
Zach Helfand,
New Yorker,
20 Apr. 2026
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Family caregivers, who provide help to individuals with illness, disability or age-related needs, typically are unpaid and often have to scale back work hours or step away from their job altogether.—
Sarah Agostino,
CNBC,
20 Apr. 2026
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Peavey previously pleaded guilty to one felony count of assault with a deadly weapon and the special allegation of personal infliction of great bodily injury.—
Ruben Vives,
Los Angeles Times,
24 Apr. 2026
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Manson later left the game with an upper-body injury and the former Ducks defenseman did not return.—
Andrew Knoll,
Daily News,
24 Apr. 2026
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These can cause severe scarring or disablement and may lead to amputations.—
Jordan King,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 Oct. 2025
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Playing Arnie, the younger brother to Gilbert (Johnny Depp), DiCaprio doesn’t permit his character to be a simple, adorable variation on disablement.—
Tim Grierson,
Vulture,
26 Sep. 2025
Noun
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But with no other damage done, Weathers impressed his teammates in his first start as a father.—
Gary Phillips,
New York Daily News,
26 Apr. 2026
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Still, that was the second out, and Kikuchi was one pitch from escaping the inning with minimal damage.—
Jeff Fletcher,
Oc Register,
25 Apr. 2026
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“Impairment.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/impairment. Accessed 26 Apr. 2026.
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