impair

/im'peə/

Thân thiện

His hearing was impaired after the loud concert.

Definition

1. Verb:
   • To make something worse, weaker, or less effective: To cause damage or a reduction in quality, function, or value.
   • To diminish the quality or functioning of something: To harm or reduce the soundness, integrity, or efficiency of an object, ability, or condition.

Examples of Usage

• Verb:
  • Loud noise can impair your hearing over time.
  • The accident impaired the vehicle's ability to steer properly.
  • Lack of sleep may impair your judgment.

Advanced Usage

• "to be impaired": Describes a state of being damaged, weakened, or diminished.
  • His mobility was impaired after the injury.
• "impairing": Used as a present participle or gerund to describe the action of causing damage.
  • Smoking is a habit capable of impairing lung function.

Variants and Related Words

• Impairment (n): The state or fact of being impaired, or the thing that causes it.
  • The disease causes a significant impairment of motor skills.
• Impaired (adj): Weakened or damaged.
  • Driving with impaired vision is dangerous.

Synonyms

• Damage: To harm or injure.
• Weaken: To reduce the strength or effectiveness of.
• Diminish: To make or become less.
• Mar: To impair the appearance of; disfigure.

Antonyms

• Improve: To make or become better.
• Enhance: To intensify, increase, or further improve the quality, value, or extent of.
• Repair: To restore to a good or sound condition.

Related Phrases

• "visually impaired": A common phrase describing a person with reduced or lost eyesight.
  • The museum offers tours for the visually impaired.
• "impaired driving": Refers to operating a vehicle while one's abilities are diminished, typically by alcohol or drugs.
  • He was arrested for impaired driving.

Học thuật

Verb

1. make imperfect
   • nothing marred her beauty
2. make worse or less effective
   • His vision was impaired

Từ đồng nghĩa

• mar
• spoil
• deflower
• vitiate