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impaired

[im-paird] / ɪmˈpɛərd /


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If energy infrastructure has been significantly impaired, there will be less oil and gas to flow through the strait.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026

No longer will his clean ball-striking be impaired by nebulous thinking.

From BBC • Apr. 7, 2026

This impaired their ability to send information about appropriate defensive responses to other parts of the brain.

From Science Daily • Apr. 4, 2026

For patients with Type 2 diabetes, for people whose endogenous GLP-1 signaling is impaired, they represent a meaningful advance.

From Slate • Mar. 22, 2026

It was difficult to imagine a man like Dad—proud, strong, physical—permanently impaired.

From "Educated" by Tara Westover




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