Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. The act of impairing, or the state of being impaired; diminution; decrease; injury.
Wiktionary
- n. The result of being impaired; a deterioration or weakening; a disability or handicap; an inefficient part or factor.
- n. accounting A downward revaluation, a write-down.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. The state, act, or process of being impaired; injury.
WordNet 3.0
- n. the act of making something futile and useless (as by routine)
- n. a symptom of reduced quality or strength
- n. the occurrence of a change for the worse
- n. the condition of being unable to perform as a consequence of physical or mental unfitness
- n. damage that results in a reduction of strength or quality
Etymologies
- impair + -ment (Wiktionary)
Examples
“We will ask a local court to appoint a guardian when the impairment is not likely to resolve quickly.”
The Volokh Conspiracy » Prisoners Retain Right to Refuse Medical Treatment
“As a trained Sociologist, I would suggest that a primary aspect of familial impairment is that the so called "nuclear family" never was a stable institution.”
“We were taught in medical and nursing school that we were helping them and giving them amnesia about their ICU experience but what we are really giving them is delusional memories and hallucinations and long term impairment," he says.”
The Wall Street Journal: Changing Intensive Care to Improve Life Afterward
“The difference between a person with normal intelligence and a person with I.Q. impairment is that a normal person is capable of learning.”
“Oncologists don't always disclose to patients that cognitive impairment is a potential side effect of chemotherapy.”
The Huffington Post: Idelle Davidson: How Chemotherapy Changes the Way You Think
“He cites as an example a 55-year-old having problems at work, such as behavior changes or missing deadlines, that may be early signs of brain impairment but that go unrecognized until they progress to full-scale memory problems.”
More Than 5 Million Americans Living With Alzheimer’s | Impact Lab
“Visual impairment is more accurate, unless they prefer blind.”
“Cognitive impairment is one of the neurological effects in patients with hepatic encephalopathy (abnormal brain function due to severe liver disease).”
“The researchers hypothesize that the risk of dementia or cognitive impairment is higher when the surgery takes place at a younger age — removal of both ovaries before age 46 or one ovary before age 38 — due to insufficient estrogen.”
Ovary Removal Surgery Elevates Risk of Dimentia | Impact Lab
“Of those who survive the initial attack -- roughly 75 percent -- nine in 10 will have long-term impairment of movement, sensation, memory or reasoning, ranging from slight to devastating.”
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BUDG - general terms
Budgetese - not a sexy topic but a very comprehensive list of words and collocations used in EU circles. Budgeting experts please comment and expand.
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Psychology
Chapter 1
rigorous, occurrence, maze, divers, intellectual, expansion, all in all, sensation, introspection, radical, orientation, nurture and 174 more...
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CONT - general terms
additionality, audit trail, accounting standards, auditing standards, general audit obj..., a posteriori audit, a priori audit, above board, acceptable error ..., access rights, accountability, accountable entities and 1283 more...
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2nd part
prelude, ample, escalate, prototype, accession, acquisition, archives, zealot, indict, verdict, intimidating, timid and 454 more...
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Anxiety
apprehension =wor..., regularity, dread, brood, palpitation, gradual, troublesome, virtually, irrational=unreas..., phobia=irrational..., phobic=fearful= adj, affiliated=united and 54 more...
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my dictionary
able, abnormally, abroad, absent, abstract, acceptable, acceptance, access, accessible, accession, according to, account and 4551 more...
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A Scanner Darkly (2006)
Words from a 2006 'A Scanner Darkly' film.
aphid, scramble, purport, toll, lurch, cold turkey, pharmacopoeia, vasoconstriction, inordinate, front money, meth, providence and 67 more...
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aberrant, ablution, abeyance, abrogate, abscond, abstemious, abstinent, abstruse, abulia, impairment, assent, accede and 6 more...
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