impairment

/im'peəmənt/
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impairment

A hearing impairment can make it difficult to follow conversations in a noisy room.

Definition
  1. Noun:
    • The act of making something worse or weaker: The process of causing damage or deterioration that reduces something's strength, quality, or value.
    • The state of being damaged or weakened: The condition resulting from such damage, often leading to a diminished ability to function properly.
    • A disability or deficit: A specific condition, especially a physical or mental one, that limits a person's abilities, such as in seeing, hearing, or learning.
Examples of Usage
  • General damage or reduction:
    • The accident resulted in a significant impairment of the vehicle's safety features.
    • Prolonged exposure to loud noise can cause hearing impairment.
  • Functional limitation or disability:
    • The company provides accommodations for employees with visual impairments.
    • A cognitive impairment can affect memory and decision-making.
Advanced Usage
  • "Functional impairment": Refers to a limitation in a person's ability to perform normal daily activities.
    • The stroke left him with a functional impairment in his right arm.
  • "Asset impairment" (Accounting): A permanent reduction in the value of a company's asset below its carrying value on the balance sheet.
    • The economic downturn forced the company to recognize an impairment on its factory assets.
Variants and Related Words
  • Impair (verb): To weaken, damage, or make worse.
    • Smoking can impair your lung function.
  • Impaired (adjective): Weakened, damaged, or functioning poorly.
    • Driving while impaired is illegal and dangerous.
Synonyms
  • Damage: Harm that impairs the value, usefulness, or normal function.
  • Deterioration: The process of becoming progressively worse.
  • Disability: A physical or mental condition that limits movements, senses, or activities.
  • Debilitation: The act of making someone or something very weak.
Antonyms
  • Improvement: The act or process of making something better.
  • Enhancement: An increase or improvement in quality, value, or extent.
  • Strength: The quality or state of being physically or mentally strong.
Related Phrases
  • "Cognitive impairment": A deficiency in mental processes like memory, judgment, and reasoning.
    • Early signs of the disease include mild cognitive impairment.
  • "Hearing impairment": Partial or total inability to hear.
    • Schools use special technologies to assist students with hearing impairments.
impairment

A hearing impairment can make it difficult to follow conversations in a noisy room.

Noun
  1. the act of making something futile and useless (as by routine)
  2. damage that results in a reduction of strength or quality
  3. the condition of being unable to perform as a consequence of physical or mental unfitness
    • reading disability
    • hearing impairment
  4. a symptom of reduced quality or strength
  5. the occurrence of a change for the worse

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