impairment
noun
the state of being diminished, weakened, or damaged, especially mentally or physically.
impairments
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pluralof impairment.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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The world’s car companies have since canceled or delayed dozens of existing or planned EV models, racking up more than $70 billion in charges and impairments.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026
Non-motor symptoms include depression, anxiety, apathy, hallucinations, constipation, orthostatic hypotension, sleep disorders, loss of sense of smell, and cognitive impairments.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 23, 2026
Stem cell transplantation reversed motor impairments caused by the strokes in the mice.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 22, 2026
The judge said the court would still make certain accommodations, in light of Jeffries 81 years of age and cognitive impairments.
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026
“We have been looking into that. It’s not easy to determine how long impairments last—generally those costs can persist for ten seconds or fifteen seconds.”
From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel
