Impairing

Synonyms for "impairing" (16 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (4)

Strong matches (4)

Verb(4 words)
degradedeleteriousdeteriorationdetrimental to performance

Related words (8)

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

5 relation types

More general

10 entries
actionadverse effectaffectaffectingalteralteringharmful effectnegative influencepathophysiological effectprocess

More specific

15 entries
cardiotoxiccognitive impairmentdamagingdebilitatedebilitatingdeterioratedisfigurehinderhinderinginjuringmental impairmentmotor impairmentneurotoxicphysical impairmentsensory impairment

Collocations

13 entries
impairing agentimpairing agentsimpairing conditionimpairing conditionsimpairing effectimpairing effectsimpairing exposureimpairing factorimpairing factorsimpairing influenceimpairing memoryimpairing performanceimpairing substances

Inflections

5 entries
impairedimpairingsimpairsmore impairingmost impairing

Derivations

4 entries

Sample sentences

4 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Lack of sleep may be impairing your judgment.

Source: tatoeba (9939002)

Surgeons performed the multi-organ transplant because of a disease that affects the 15-month-old girl's digestive system, impairing her ability to absorb nutrients from food. They say the rare condition known as microvillous inclusion disease is fatal, if not treated.

Source: tatoeba (12288495)

Dr. Peiris explained that the steroids were used after tests revealed it was not mucus obstructing patients' breathing. Instead it was the body's immune response that caused lung tissue to swell, impairing its ability to absorb oxygen.

Source: tatoeba (12294210)

[…] those invasions and impairings to which the smaller revenues of the English clergy are daily subject […]

Source: wiktionary

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