impaired

3 definitions • 6 examples

Something that is impaired is less effective than it should be, or is damaged:

She suffers from impaired vision/hearing.

The medication is associated with impaired motor skills.

Someone who is impaired, or whose driving is impaired, cannot drive as safely as they should, especially because they have drunk alcohol or taken drugs:

driving while impaired He is accused of driving while impaired.

In states where marijuana has been legalized, there have been more arrests for impaired driving.

damaged or weakened:

She attended a school for the visually impaired (= people who cannot see well).

He was given a ticket for driving while impaired by alcohol.