impaired
Not at full capacity
Impaired means weakened, damaged, or diminished in function.
The word appears most often with faculties: impaired vision, impaired hearing, impaired judgment.
In legal and medical contexts, impaired frequently refers to intoxication: driving while impaired, The defendant was visibly impaired.
Something that impairs your ability to do something makes it harder or less effective.
Having imposed disadvantage
- disabledMade unable to function
- wheelchairSeated conveyance for mobility-impaired
- prosthesisManufactured replacement body part
- accessibilityEase of approach
ADA · assistive · paraplegic · quadriplegic · amputee · hearing aid · guide dog · sign language
Made less in amount
- lessenedMade or became smaller
- decreasedBecame smaller in amount
- limitedRestricted in extent
- compromisedMade vulnerable to harm
weakened · lowered · curtailed · depleted · attenuated · undermined · deteriorated · degraded
Affected by alcohol
- drunkImpaired by alcohol
- DUIImpaired operating charge
- DWIIntoxicated driving charge
- breathalyzerAlcohol detection device
sobriety test · blood alcohol · under the influence · inebriated · checkpoint · arrest · license suspension · field test
Ability to see
- hearingPerceiving sound waves
- sightVisual perception faculty
- smellOlfactory perception
- tasteFlavor perception ability
touch · perception · blindness · deafness · partial · corrective · glasses · aids
Mind's retention capacity
- judgmentReasoned decision-making capacity
- reasoningDrawing logical conclusions
- concentrationSustained single-minded attention
- attentionFocused mental awareness
focus · processing · decision-making · comprehension · awareness · mental · thinking · confusion
Abnormal or unhealthy operation
- deficiencyLack of something needed
- disorderAbsence of organization
- conditionState or stipulation
- diagnosisIdentification of illness
syndrome · injury · damage · trauma · neurological · cognitive · sensory · motor
Recovery from injury/addiction
- therapyCurative mental treatment
- physiotherapyTreatment restoring bodily function
- occupational therapyRestoring practical life abilities
- speech therapyTreatment for communication disorders
counseling · treatment · adaptation · support · intervention · healing · restoration · recovery
handicapped
Having imposed disadvantage
- disabledMade unable to function
- wheelchairSeated conveyance for mobility-impaired
- prosthesisManufactured replacement body part
accessibility · ADA · assistive · paraplegic · quadriplegic · amputee · hearing aid · guide dog · sign language · adaptive technology
reduced
Made less in amount
compromised · weakened · lowered · curtailed · depleted · attenuated · undermined · deteriorated · degraded · hampered
intoxicated
Affected by alcohol
breathalyzer · sobriety test · blood alcohol · under the influence · inebriated · checkpoint · arrest · license suspension · field test · legal limit
vision
Ability to see
taste · touch · perception · blindness · deafness · partial · corrective · glasses · aids · sensitivity
memory
Mind's retention capacity
- judgmentReasoned decision-making capacity
- reasoningDrawing logical conclusions
- concentrationSustained single-minded attention
attention · focus · processing · decision-making · comprehension · awareness · mental · thinking · confusion · disorientation
dysfunction
Abnormal or unhealthy operation
- deficiencyLack of something needed
- disorderAbsence of organization
- conditionState or stipulation
diagnosis · syndrome · injury · damage · trauma · neurological · cognitive · sensory · motor · developmental
rehabilitation
Recovery from injury/addiction
- therapyCurative mental treatment
- physiotherapyTreatment restoring bodily function
- occupational therapyRestoring practical life abilities
speech therapy · counseling · treatment · adaptation · support · intervention · healing · restoration · recovery · remediation
- visionsharp, eye, visual perception, sight, eyes
- damageddamaged, broken, wrecked, ruined, destroyed
- brokenbroken, busted, broken down, out of order, not working
- nonfunctionalbroken, malfunctioning, inoperative, out of order, nonfunctional
- states of beingalive, dead, living, existing, conscious
- weakweak, feeble, frail, fragile, faint
impairedunimpaired
Not weakened or diminished
intact · functional · able-bodied · abled · nondisabled
impairedsober
Free from intoxication
clearheaded · straight · unimpaired · lucid · unintoxicated
- cognitive impairmentDiminished intellectual function
- hearing impairedReduced auditory function
- visually impairedHaving diminished sight
- vision impairedReduced ability to see
- visual impairmentUncorrectable seeing deficit
- impaired drivingOperating vehicle while intoxicated
impair, impairment, unimpaired, impairing, impairs, impairments, impaired driving