What is another word for impaired?
776 synonyms found
Pronunciation:
[ ɪmpˈe͡əd], [ ɪmpˈeəd], [ ɪ_m_p_ˈeə_d]
There are several synonyms for the word "impaired". Some of these synonyms include damaged, weakened, flawed, faulty, impaired, and deficient. Impaired typically refers to a decrease in quality or ability due to injury or illness, while damaged suggests a physical or material harm. Weakened may imply a loss of strength or endurance, while flawed and faulty suggest a defect or imperfection. Deficient implies a lack of something necessary or desirable. All of these synonyms could be useful in different contexts, depending on the specific meaning and connotation that the speaker or writer wants to convey.
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Similar words for impaired:
- damaged (adjective)
- deficient (adjective)
- disabled (adjective)
- disadvantaged (adjective)
- imperfect (adjective)
- injured (adjective)
- lacking (adjective)
- old (adjective)
- threadbare (adjective)
- underprivileged (adjective)
- unwell (adjective)
- adulterated (adjective)
- affected (adjective)
- all (adjective)
- crippled (adjective)
- defective (adjective)
- dilapidated (adjective)
- diluted/dilute (adjective)
- faulty (adjective)
- hurt (adjective)
- incapacitated (adjective)
- injured, faulty (adjective)
- laid-up (adjective)
- poor (adjective)
- rotten (adjective)
- ruined (adjective)
- rusty (adjective)
- sick (adjective)
- torn (adjective)
- worn-out (adjective)
- impaired (noun)
- disabled (verb)
- hindered (verb)
Synonyms for Impaired:
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adj.
• damaged- beat-up ,
- glitched ,
- in poor condition ,
- in smithereens ,
- mucked up ,
- no go ,
- out of action ,
- out of kilter ,
- out of whack ,
- snafued ,
- flubbed ,
- in need of repair ,
- kaput ,
- totaled .
- not cut out for ,
- not enough ,
- not make it ,
- not up to scratch ,
- outta gas ,
- unassembled ,
- meager ,
- rarest ,
- third string .
- Sans ,
- can't cut it ,
- coming up short ,
- deprived of ,
- not hacking it ,
- not making it ,
- cant cut it ,
- coming short ,
- more needing ,
- more without ,
- most needing ,
- most without ,
- sanser ,
- sansest .
- along in years ,
- broken down ,
- geriatric ,
- gray-haired ,
- not young ,
- oldish ,
- past one's prime ,
- grizzled ,
- over the hill ,
- veteran .
- down at the heel ,
- down-at-the-heel ,
- worse for wear ,
- more down at the heel ,
- more down-at-the-heel ,
- most down at the heel ,
- most down-at-the-heel .
- de filed ,
- de graded ,
- de valued ,
- de-filed ,
- de-graded ,
- de-valued ,
- dis solved ,
- dis-solved ,
- more attenuated ,
- more blended ,
- more contaminated ,
- more depreciated ,
- more devalued ,
- more dissolved ,
- more polluted ,
- more thinned ,
- more vitiated ,
- most attenuated ,
- most blended ,
- most contaminated ,
- most depreciated ,
- most devalued ,
- most dissolved ,
- most polluted ,
- most thinned ,
- most vitiated .
- dis tressed ,
- dis-tressed ,
- ex cited ,
- ex-cited ,
- more affected ,
- more grieved ,
- more stirred ,
- most grieved ,
- most stirred ,
- over whelmed ,
- over wrought ,
- over-whelmed ,
- sympathetic ,
- troubled ,
- up-set .
- de formed ,
- de-formed ,
- gimp ,
- gimper ,
- gimpest ,
- haltest ,
- lamest ,
- more enfeebled ,
- more hamstrung ,
- more hog tied ,
- more hog-tied ,
- more hogtied ,
- more housebound ,
- more mangled ,
- more marred ,
- more sidelined ,
- most enfeebled ,
- most hamstrung ,
- most hog tied ,
- most hog-tied ,
- most hogtied ,
- most housebound ,
- most mangled ,
- most marred ,
- most sidelined ,
- out commission .
- in adequate ,
- in complete ,
- in sufficient ,
- in-adequate ,
- in-complete ,
- in-sufficient ,
- more seconds ,
- more subnormal ,
- most seconds ,
- most subnormal ,
- on bum ,
- on the bum ,
- out order ,
- sub normal ,
- sub-normal ,
- subnormal ,
- un finished ,
- un healthier ,
- un healthiest ,
- un healthy ,
- un-finished ,
- un-healthier ,
- un-healthiest ,
- un-healthy .
- brokendown ,
- de relict ,
- de-relict ,
- dog eared ,
- dogeared ,
- fallen in ,
- fallenin ,
- in bad way ,
- more battered ,
- more dog eared ,
- more dog-eared ,
- more dogeared ,
- more fallen in ,
- more fallen-in ,
- more fallenin ,
- more rinky dink ,
- more rinky-dink ,
- more rinkydink ,
- more tumble down ,
- more tumble-down ,
- more used up ,
- more used-up ,
- more usedup ,
- most battered ,
- most dog eared ,
- most dog-eared ,
- most dogeared ,
- most fallen in ,
- most fallen-in ,
- most fallenin ,
- most rinky dink ,
- most rinky-dink ,
- most rinkydink ,
- most tumble down ,
- most tumble-down ,
- most used up ,
- most used-up ,
- most usedup ,
- neglected ,
- rickety ,
- rinky dink ,
- rinky-dink ,
- shaky ,
- slummiest ,
- tumble down ,
- tumble-down ,
- un improved ,
- un kempt ,
- un kempter ,
- un kemptest ,
- un-improved ,
- un-kempt ,
- un-kempter ,
- un-kemptest ,
- usedup .
- more cut ,
- more laced ,
- more moderated ,
- more shaved ,
- more tempered ,
- most cut ,
- most diluted ,
- most laced ,
- most moderated ,
- most shaved ,
- most tempered ,
- tempered ,
- wishy washy ,
- wishy-washy ,
- wishywashy .
- de based ,
- de-based ,
- in accurate ,
- in exact ,
- in valid ,
- in-accurate ,
- in-exact ,
- in-valid ,
- lemon ,
- malformed ,
- more botched ,
- more imprecise ,
- more lemon ,
- more malfunctioning ,
- more unretentive ,
- more warped ,
- most botched ,
- most imprecise ,
- most lemon ,
- most malfunctioning ,
- most unretentive ,
- most warped ,
- un fit ,
- un reliable ,
- un retentive ,
- un-fit ,
- un-reliable ,
- un-retentive ,
- warped .
- Mauled ,
- dis figured ,
- dis-figured ,
- miffed ,
- more agonized ,
- more bleeding ,
- more bruised ,
- more buffeted ,
- more contused ,
- more crushed ,
- more disfigured ,
- more grazed ,
- more hit ,
- more lacerated ,
- more mauled ,
- more nicked ,
- more piqued ,
- more scarred ,
- more scraped ,
- more scratched ,
- more suffering ,
- more tortured ,
- most agonized ,
- most bleeding ,
- most bruised ,
- most buffeted ,
- most contused ,
- most crushed ,
- most disfigured ,
- most grazed ,
- most hit ,
- most lacerated ,
- most mauled ,
- most nicked ,
- most piqued ,
- most scarred ,
- most scraped ,
- most scratched ,
- most suffering ,
- most tortured ,
- pained ,
- shooker ,
- shookest ,
- struck ,
- un happier ,
- un happiest ,
- un happy ,
- un-happy .
- helpless ,
- impotent ,
- in capable ,
- in capacitated ,
- in firmer ,
- in firmest ,
- in-capable ,
- in-capacitated ,
- in-firmer ,
- in-firmest ,
- incapable ,
- more immobilized ,
- more out of action ,
- more out-of-action ,
- most immobilized ,
- most out of action ,
- most out-of-action .
- down .
- bummest ,
- dis agreeable ,
- dis appointing ,
- dis eased ,
- dis pleasing ,
- dis satisfactory ,
- dis-agreeable ,
- dis-appointing ,
- dis-eased ,
- dis-pleasing ,
- dis-satisfactory ,
- low grade ,
- lowgrade ,
- punker ,
- punkest ,
- sub standard ,
- sub-standard ,
- un acceptable ,
- un fortunate ,
- un luckier ,
- un luckiest ,
- un lucky ,
- un pleasant ,
- un-acceptable ,
- un-fortunate ,
- un-luckier ,
- un-lucky ,
- un-pleasant .
- de faced ,
- de-faced ,
- more defaced ,
- more pillaged ,
- more plundered ,
- more robbed ,
- most defaced ,
- most pillaged ,
- most plundered ,
- most robbed ,
- plundered .
- dis ordered ,
- dis-ordered ,
- in curable ,
- in-curable ,
- more declining ,
- more hospitalized ,
- more infected ,
- more qualmish ,
- most declining ,
- most hospitalized ,
- most infected ,
- most qualmish ,
- sick as dog ,
- sickest ,
- under medication ,
- under weather .
- more burst ,
- more cleaved ,
- more fractured ,
- more gashed ,
- more rent ,
- more ripped ,
- more ruptured ,
- more severed ,
- more slashed ,
- more sliced ,
- more slit ,
- more snapped ,
- more split ,
- more wrenched ,
- most burst ,
- most cleaved ,
- most fractured ,
- most gashed ,
- most rent ,
- most ripped ,
- most ruptured ,
- most severed ,
- most slashed ,
- most sliced ,
- most slit ,
- most snapped ,
- most split ,
- most wrenched .
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n.
• impaired -
v.
• disabled- Abrogated ,
- Disarmed ,
- Hampered ,
- Hamstrung ,
- Hindered ,
- Hobbled ,
- Lamed ,
- Prostrated ,
- Sapped ,
- Scotched ,
- Tampered ,
- anesthetized ,
- benumbed ,
- botched ,
- cramped ,
- deadened ,
- disabled ,
- dulled ,
- enfeebled ,
- handicapped ,
- invalidated ,
- neutralized ,
- paralyzed ,
- screwed up ,
- stunned ,
- stupefied ,
- undermined .
- Bunged ,
- Caught ,
- Crimped ,
- Dammed ,
- Detained ,
- Deterred ,
- Dragged ,
- Entrapped ,
- Resisted ,
- Snagged ,
- Stayed ,
- baffled ,
- barred ,
- blocked ,
- bottlenecked ,
- braked ,
- burdened ,
- checked ,
- choked ,
- clogged ,
- complicated ,
- congested ,
- constipated ,
- constrained ,
- countered ,
- curbed ,
- delayed ,
- encumbered ,
- entangled ,
- fettered ,
- fouled ,
- frustrated ,
- impeded ,
- inhibited ,
- interrupted ,
- jammed ,
- mired ,
- obstructed ,
- opposed ,
- plugged ,
- restrained ,
- restricted ,
- snarled ,
- stopped ,
- tangled ,
- thwarted .
Other synonyms:
- old .
Other relevant words:
- sick .
- Abated ,
- Annulled ,
- Babied ,
- Bilked ,
- Challenged ,
- Deteriorated ,
- Fumbled ,
- Gassed ,
- Indicted ,
- Indulged ,
- Muffed ,
- Scalded ,
- Sprung ,
- Voided ,
- Waterish ,
- accessible ,
- adulterate ,
- adulterated ,
- afflicted ,
- aggravated ,
- ametropic ,
- anosmic ,
- astigmatic ,
- ataxia ,
- bad ,
- blemished ,
- blind ,
- blitzed ,
- bobbled ,
- bollocksed ,
- bombed ,
- broken ,
- bruised ,
- bumbled ,
- bungled ,
- burned ,
- burst ,
- busted ,
- chafed ,
- chipped ,
- clouded ,
- cockeyed ,
- coddled ,
- corroded ,
- corrupted ,
- cosseted ,
- cracked ,
- crazed ,
- crocked ,
- crossed ,
- cut ,
- damaged ,
- debased ,
- debauched ,
- debilitated ,
- decreased ,
- decrepit ,
- defaced ,
- defective ,
- deficient ,
- defiled ,
- deflowered ,
- deformed ,
- degraded ,
- demented ,
- demoralised ,
- demoralized ,
- depraved ,
- depressed ,
- destroyed ,
- dickey ,
- dicky ,
- dilapidated ,
- dilute ,
- diminished ,
- disability ,
- disablement ,
- disappointing ,
- diseased ,
- disfeatured ,
- disfigured ,
- disqualified ,
- distorted ,
- drunk ,
- dumb ,
- dysfunctional ,
- dyslectic ,
- dyslexic ,
- embittered ,
- enervated ,
- erroneous ,
- exacerbated ,
- exceptional ,
- fallible ,
- false ,
- faulty ,
- featherbedded ,
- flawed ,
- fluffed ,
- foiled ,
- found wanting ,
- gimpy ,
- halt ,
- halting ,
- handicap ,
- harmed ,
- high ,
- hurt ,
- ill ,
- immature ,
- imperfect ,
- imprecise ,
- impure ,
- in bits ,
- in pieces ,
- in shards ,
- inaccurate ,
- inadequate ,
- incomplete ,
- incorrect ,
- inebriate ,
- inebriated ,
- ineffective ,
- inexact ,
- inferior ,
- injured ,
- inoperative ,
- insufficient ,
- invalid ,
- irritated ,
- juiced ,
- lacerated ,
- lacking ,
- laid up ,
- lame ,
- lessened ,
- limping ,
- loaded ,
- maimed ,
- makeshift ,
- malfunctioning ,
- mangled ,
- marred ,
- mediocre ,
- misdirected ,
- mishandled ,
- mixed ,
- mollycoddled ,
- mutilated ,
- non-functioning ,
- null ,
- nullified ,
- off ,
- on the blink ,
- on the fritz ,
- out of order ,
- pampered ,
- partial ,
- patchy ,
- perverted ,
- pickled ,
- poor ,
- prejudiced ,
- presbyopic ,
- profaned ,
- reduced ,
- rent ,
- repudiated ,
- ripped ,
- ruined ,
- ruptured ,
- rusty ,
- scarred ,
- scorched ,
- scratched ,
- scuppered ,
- second-rate ,
- shabby ,
- shattered ,
- shoddy ,
- short ,
- sketchy ,
- slashed ,
- slit ,
- sloshed ,
- smashed ,
- soiled ,
- soused ,
- spavined ,
- split ,
- spoiled ,
- spoilt ,
- spurious ,
- squiffed ,
- stewed ,
- stricken ,
- sullied ,
- tanked ,
- tarnished ,
- threadbare ,
- tipsy ,
- torn ,
- under ,
- under the influence ,
- undeveloped ,
- uneven ,
- unfinished ,
- unfit ,
- unfitted ,
- unhealthy ,
- unperfected ,
- unsatisfactory ,
- unsatisfying ,
- unsound ,
- untenable ,
- unthorough ,
- untrue ,
- unwell ,
- unwholesome ,
- void ,
- wanting ,
- washy ,
- wasted ,
- wet ,
- wiped out ,
- worn-out ,
- worse ,
- worse off ,
- worsened ,
- wounded ,
- wrecked ,
- wrong .
- Qualmish ,
- affected ,
- all torn up ,
- busted up ,
- contused ,
- diluted ,
- dog-eared ,
- fallen-in ,
- fractured ,
- halter ,
- hospitalized ,
- housebound ,
- in a bad way ,
- in firm ,
- in pain ,
- in poor health ,
- laid-up ,
- not so hot ,
- not what it was ,
- out-of-action ,
- over-wrought ,
- rinkydink ,
- sick as a dog ,
- sidelined ,
- slummier ,
- slummy ,
- uncared for ,
- unretentive ,
- up set ,
- used up ,
- used-up ,
- wornout .
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How to use "Impaired" in context?
In legal terms, "impaired driving" can be defined as driving while impaired by drugs or alcohol. In Canada, criminal penalties for impaired driving can include fines, jail time, and/or a licence suspension. In some cases, an impaired driver may also be required to undergo drug and alcohol treatment.
The legal definition of "impaired driving" is not static, and can vary from one jurisdiction to another.
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Equivalence
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Adjective
damaged.
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Verb, past participle
Hampered, undermined.
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Adjective
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Reverse Entailment
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Verb, past participle
unimpaired.
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Verb, past participle
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Independent
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Adjective
abnormal, affected, aggrieved, corrupted, damaging, defective, deficient, degraded, depressed, deteriorating, detrimental, diminished, disturbed, dodgy, dubious, flawed, inadequate, incapacitated, infirm, injured, limited, prejudicial, restricted, weak, weakened, Depreciated, Deteriorated, CFA, retarded.
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Proper noun, singular
impairment, impairments.
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Verb, past participle
abridged, abused, accomplished, adulterated, affected, aggravated, aggrieved, alleviated, allotted, altered, amended, apportioned, appropriated, assaulted, assigned, attached, attained, attenuated, backed, barred, battered, beaten, bereaved, beset, blocked, blunted, bothered, bounded, breached, buffeted, burdened, burned, busted, capped, changed, circumscribed, classified, committed, complicated, concerned, confined, confounded, confused, constrained, converted, corrupted, credited, crippled, curbed, cut, damaged, debased, debilitated, dedicated, deducted, deficient, deformed, degraded, delayed, demolished, dented, depleted, depressed, deprived, designated, destroyed, devalued, devastated, devoted, diluted, diminished, directed, discouraged, dispatched, disrupted, distracted, disturbed, diverted, doomed, dropped, earned, eased, effected, embarrassed, employed, encumbered, engaged, enhanced, eroded, evaporated, exhausted, expended, failed, fallen, flawed, frayed, frustrated, fulfilled, halted, harmed, hurt, impeded, implicated, infected, inhibited, initiated, injured, interrupted, intimidated, invested, issue, kept, lessened, limited, loosened, lost, lowered, maintained, marred, measured, measurement, minimized, mired, mitigated, modified, molested, narrowed, neglected, nullified, obstructed, offset, penalised, perturbed, pinched, placed, plagued, posted, prejudice, prejudiced, preoccupied, proscribed, pruned, raped, ravaged, realised, realized, relieved, relocated, restricted, reversed, rolled, ruined, scaled, scarred, seeded, shackled, shaken, shattered, shocked, shortened, shrunk, spent, spoilt, stifled, stopped, strained, struck, stunted, suppressed, tainted, tarnished, thinned, threatened, thwarted, tied, torn, touched, undercut, unhinged, unrestricted, unsettled, untouched, upset, victimized, violated, vitiated, wasted, weakened, weathered, weighted, worsened, wounded, wronged, Abated, Achieved, Amplified, Attributed, Averted, Befallen, Begun, Bridged, Challenged, Channelled, Declined, Denied, Deployed, Depreciated, Derailed, Deteriorated, Detracted, Disbursed, Discounted, Displaced, Earmarked, Embarked, Endured, Entered, Faulted, Forestalled, Hamstrung, Hindered, Hobbled, Imperilled, Impinged, Inflicted, Influenced, Infringed, Instituted, Launched, Met, Poisoned, Reached, Receded, Relegated, Sacrificed, Sapped, Seconded, Shifted, Short-circuited, Slipped, Slowed, Tampered, Tasked, Transferred, Trumped, Undertaken, Commenced, Compromised, Contradicted, Contravened, Curtailed, Precluded, Prevented, Stalled, Stationed, started, Subsided, Suffered, budgeted, exacerbated, allocated, braked, vandalized, HIT, repositioned, reallocated, staffed, phased, sabotaged, diagnosed, downsized, stymied, reassigned, paralysed, retarded, crewed, downregulated, redeployed, minimised, outposted.
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