impaired coordination
Difficulty controlling movements
Impaired coordination describes reduced ability to synchronize bodily movements smoothly and accurately.
The phrase appears most often in medical, legal, and warning contexts—describing symptoms of intoxication, neurological conditions, or medication side effects: Side effects may include drowsiness and impaired coordination.
Field sobriety tests check for impaired coordination as evidence of drunk driving.
- stumblingWalking clumsily, almost falling
- clumsyLacking physical coordination
- unsteadyLacking balance or stability
- wobblyTending to teeter
- ataxiaImpaired voluntary movement control
loss of balance · dizziness · tremor · staggering · fumbling · fine motor skills · vertigo · inner ear · drunk · intoxicated · field sobriety test · drunk driving · slurred · gait · motor · neurological · brain injury · shaky
impaired coordinationdexterity
Skillful hand coordination
nimbleness · agility · poise · steady hands · precision
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