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adjective

as in impaired

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verb

past tense of vitiate

as in tainted

to affect slightly with something morally bad or undesirable believed that luxury vitiates even the most principled person

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as in damaged

to reduce the soundness, effectiveness, or perfection of numerous grammatical errors vitiate the effectiveness of your writing

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as in degraded

to lower in character, dignity, or quality a penchant for coarse language vitiates what is otherwise a refined literary style

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Adjective

This gives drivers more time to react and could potentially prevent up to 80% of non-impaired vehicle crashes in the US alone.

— Maryna Holovnova, New Atlas, 4 July 2026
Intense exercise on a sizzling day can lead to extreme fatigue, impaired performance, headache, irritability, nausea, dizziness, cramping and dehydration, all symptoms of exertional heat illness.

— ABC News, ABC News, 3 July 2026

Definition of impaired

Verb

That experience is quickly tainted, however, once dullness and yellowing set into the fabrics.

— Quincy Bulin, Southern Living, 1 July 2026
Murdaugh’s attorneys appealed the convictions, saying the trial was tainted by the county clerk Becky Hill’s inappropriate comments to jurors implying his guilt.

— Eric Levenson, CNN Money, 29 June 2026

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Residential buildings were badly damaged in the assault, leaving people trapped in multi-story apartment blocks and an entire family that was killed pulled from the rubble, while cars were seen burning on city streets.

— Helen Regan, CNN Money, 6 July 2026
As a bonus, those seasons are ideal for planting a replacement shrub or re-establishing a lawn if it is damaged during the shrub removal.

— Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 5 July 2026

Definition of damaged

Verb

Perhaps, then, what captivates us is a kind of redemption story—the seductive idea that technology can not only repair nature but absolve us for having degraded it.

— Taylor Dotson, Scientific American, 10 July 2026
Israel’s military campaigns have significantly degraded Hezbollah, while public opinion in Lebanon has increasingly turned against the group, blaming it for repeatedly dragging the country into unnecessary wars.

— Anthony Wanis-St John, The Conversation, 10 July 2026

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Bowles told jurors Millete was angry at May over her yearlong affair with another man and likely poisoned her with the toxic plant hemlock.

— Alex Riggins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 July 2026
Many of her victims were poisoned and buried around the boarding house, with Puente cashing their social security checks.

— Selome Hailu, Variety, 7 July 2026

Definition of poisoned

Verb

He was elected in a landslide in July 2024, but quit after two years in office marred by missteps and judgment errors that eroded his standing with his party and the public.

— ABC News, ABC News, 9 July 2026
Their campaign was marred by collapsing late in games, including blowing multiple double-digit leads.

— Rob Reischel, Forbes.com, 7 July 2026

Definition of marred

Verb

All three, the panel noted, have weakened or dropped earlier pledges to halt development on their own if certain red lines came into view, and in recent years softened their resistance to military uses.

— Harry Booth, Time, 7 July 2026
It is weakened by surprises, side channels, performative challenge and unclear authority.

— David Ribott, Forbes.com, 7 July 2026

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