impaired

English

Adjective

impaired

1. Rendered less effective.

   His impaired driving skill due to alcohol caused the accident.

2. inebriated, drunk.

Usage notes

• Nouns to which "impaired" is often applied: vision, hearing, mobility, healing, fertility, health, judgment, cognition, consciousness, memory, concentration, function, performance, ability, capacity, person, child, adult.
• Adverbs often applied to "impaired": visually, physically, mentally, emotionally, cognitively.

Synonyms

• (rendered less effective):
• (drunk): See Thesaurus:drunk

Translations

rendered less effective

• Dutch: verzwakt (nl), verminderd (nl), beschadigd (nl), verstoord (nl)
• Finnish: heikentynyt, alentunut (fi)
• French: détérioré (fr), affaibli (fr), diminué (fr)
• German: beeinträchtigt (de), behindert (de), gestört (de), gemindert (de), geschädigt (de), verschlimmert (de)
• Italian: diminuito (it)
• Japanese: 不自由な (ja) (fujiyū na)

• Latin: accīsus
• Maori: waimaero
• Romanian: înrautățit m or n, slăbit (ro) m or n, diminuat m or n
• Spanish: alterado (es), estropeado (es), aminorado (es)
• Swedish: nedsatt (sv), försämrad (sv)
• Turkish: bozuk (tr), güçsüz (tr), zayıf (tr)

inebriated, drunk — See also translations at inebriated,‎ intoxicated,‎ drunk

• Finnish: juopunut (fi)

• Spanish: borracho (es)

Verb

impaired

1. simple past tense and past participle of impair

Noun

impaired (plural impaireds)

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

   The cop gave me an impaired.