Word Finder - impaired

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To weaken; to affect negatively; to have a diminishing effect on.

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To grow worse; to deteriorate.

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A criminal charge for driving a vehicle while impaired.

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The cop gave me an impaired.

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Rendered less effective.

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His impaired driving skill due to alcohol caused the accident.

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Inebriated, drunk.

An attack of illness in November 1900 seriously impaired his health.

The authority of the pontificate was seriously impaired by these circumstances.

It is not only used by parents of hearing impaired children.

The Ob-Yenisei canal is ready for use, but its actual usefulness is impaired by the scarcity of water in the smaller streams forming part of the system.

During his imprisonment his health became greatly impaired.

For many years the Saxons had been troublesome to the Franks, their neighbours to the east and south, and the intermittent campaigns undertaken against them by Charles Martel and Pippin the Short had scarcely impaired their independence.

He obtained a high reputation, but his work was impaired by his controversial temper, which frequently developed into an irritated f anaticism, though he was always entirely sincere.

The burden of taxation became more and more intolerable as the power of Rome decreased, and the loyalty of her remaining provinces was seriously impaired in consequence.

This want of feeling, while it renders Guicciardini a model for the scientific student, has impaired the interest of his history.

His professional success was not great; his manner was violent, his appearance unattractive, and his speech impaired by a painful stammer.

Albania, the traditional claim of France to protect Roman Catholics in the Ottoman Empire has been greatly impaired by the non-religious character of the Republic. Like Italy, she is now regarded by Eastern Catholics with distrust as an enemy of the Holy Father.

By the strain of anxiety and hard work his health and strength were seriously impaired, while the death of his wife was also a great shock to him; in the hope that rest in his native land might restore him, he left India, reaching England in April 1862.

Retiring, with his health impaired by overwork, to his home in Newark, he died there on the 20th of May, less than three months after relinquishing the cares of office.

On the pontiff's death he retired, with impaired health, to Padua, and there lived for a number of years engaged in literary labours and amusements.

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In attempts to do so, alike in national and in state politics, it impaired its morale by internal dissension, by intrigues,and by inconsistent factious opposition to Democratic measures on grounds of ultra-strict construction.

When that area in man is injured, the ability to utter words is impaired.

Cromwell's health had long been impaired by the hardships of campaigning.

Having little to guide them, they often interpreted Western taste incorrectly, and impaired their own reputation in a corresponding degree.

Napoleon himself was no longer the Napoleon of Marengo or Austerlitz, and though he was not broken down, his physical strength was certainly impaired.

Flodoard says that Tilpin was originally a monk at St Denis, and Hincmar tells how after his appointment to Reims he occupied himself in securing the restoration of the rights and properties of his church, the revenues and prestige of which had been impaired under Milo's rule.

He advised that opioid analgesics should be avoided in a patient with impaired liver function.

For example, a person carrying a white cane or accompanied by a guide dog, is visually impaired.

Zarontin should be used with caution in patients with impaired hepatic or renal function.

Dosing in children with impaired renal and/or hepatic function has not been studied.

Health status is impaired in elderly patients with orthostatic hypotension.

Access Mobility impaired visitors can access the mill from the back entrance through the double red gates.

The term partially sighted is replaced by the term sight impaired.

Visually impaired users who cannot see the screen need a screen reader to read back what they have typed.

A dwelling only occupied by a severely mentally impaired person or persons.

After it had been supplanted by Arabic in the ordinary intercourse of life its literary use was more and more affected by Arabic words and constructions, and its freedom as a vehicle of thought was much impaired.

The neighbourhood is populous, but the natural beauty of the Aire valley is not greatly impaired.

The male communities did not survive the 14th century, even in the Netherlands, where they had maintained their original character least impaired.

Elimination of waste-products is one of the most important points in regard to health, and when this is interfered with by disease of the kidneys, the life of the patient is rendered more or less uncertain and the health frequently seriously impaired.

In the 6th century B.C. the influence of the Delian Apollo was at its height; Polycrates of Samos dedicated the neighbouring island of Rheneia to his service and Peisistratus of Athens caused all the area within sight of the temple to be cleared of the tombs by which its sanctity was impaired.

Where the Turkish rule still prevails the church retains her old organization, but greatly impaired.

Leonardo, it seems, was suffering from some form of slight paralysis which impaired his power of hand.

Its importance was greatly impaired by the rise of Odessa and Taganrog; and in 1820 the fortress was dismantled.

But disinterested advice was difficult to obtain, and in spite of the unquestionable desire of the young ruler to do the best for the country, wild extravagance both in action and expenditure resulted, leaving the sultan with depleted exchequer and the confidence of his people impaired.

But his high-handed proceeding, though it forced the Lords to reconsider their decision, strained the allegiance of many of his supporters, and still further impaired the popularity of his administration.

His chief declared himself satisfied, but Burke, from a feeling that the indispensable confidence between them was impaired, at once expressed a strong desire to resign his post.

They show exceptional talent and industry, but their value is impaired by the spirit of system and by strong prepossessions.

Rust disease does not directly affect the grains, but both quantity and quality are impaired by the exhausted condition of the wheat plants.

The retention, however, by Copernicus of the antique postulate of uniform circular motion impaired the perfection of his plan, since it involved a partial survival of the epicyclical machinery.

Emergency assessments, not to exceed 2%, may be made whenever necessary to pay in full the depositors in an insolvent bank; if the guaranty fund is impaired to such a degree that it is not made up by the 2% emergency assessment, the state banking board issues certificates of indebtedness which draw 6% interest and which are paid out of the assessment.

His mental faculties, indeed, were considerably impaired during the last few years of his life, and he died at Torquay on the 15th of February 1886.

They thus gain a new value which cannot be impaired when it is realized that their significance is quite independent of their origins.

With a vertex much more distant the desired effect would be impaired, and with one nearer neither of the poles would be seen, whilst the exaggeration of China would have been too gross for a professed representation of the hemisphere.

His letters to Congress, in which he expressed his suspicion of Deane's business integrity and criticized his accounts, resulted in Deane's recall; and other letters impaired the confidence of Congress in Franklin, of whom he was especially jealous.

If the husband is the plaintiff his interest in his wife's property is not impaired by the dissolution of the marriage, but the defendant wife forfeits all her interest in his property.