adj, noun, verb ·Common ·High school level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A criminal charge for driving a vehicle while impaired.

   "The cop gave me an impaired."

Verb

1. 1
   simple past and past participle of impair form-of, participle, past

Adjective

1. 1
   Rendered less effective.

   "His impaired driving skill due to alcohol caused the accident."

2. 2
   inebriated, drunk.

Adjective

1. 1
   mentally or physically unfit wordnet
2. 2
   diminished in strength, quality, or utility wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

brokenwastedadulteratedafflictedafflictedaggravated

Antonyms

All antonyms

soberunimpaired

Example

More examples

"Heavy smoking impaired his health."

Related phrases

chemically impaireddriving impaireddual sensory impairedhearing-impairedimpaired drivingliving impairedliving-impairedmorning impairedsarcasm-impairedsight impairedvision impairedvision-impaired

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