impacted

[im-pak-tid]

adjective

1. tightly or immovably wedged in.

2. Dentistry.,  noting a tooth so confined in its socket as to be incapable of normal eruption.

3. driven together; tightly packed.

4. densely populated or crowded; overcrowded.

   an impacted school district.

impacted

/ ɪmˈpæktɪd /

adjective

1. (of a tooth) unable to erupt, esp because of being wedged against another tooth below the gum

2. (of a fracture) having the jagged broken ends wedged into each other

Other Word Forms

• nonimpacted adjective
• unimpacted adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of impacted¹

First recorded 1675–85; obsolete adjective impact (from Latin impāctus, past participle of impingere “to fasten, cause to collide, strike,” equivalent to im- “in” + pag-, variant stem of pangere “to drive in, plant firmly” + -tus past participle suffix) + -ed ²; im- ¹, impinge

Example Sentences

This part of the inquiry is looking at how the pandemic impacted children and young people.

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Separately on Tuesday, China's Ministry of Transport opened a probe into whether the US Section 301 investigation impacted the "security and development interests" of China's shipbuilding industry and supply chain.

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Canada, the top supplier of lumber to the United States, is set to be impacted.

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The issues are also understood to have impacted some Vodafone shops.

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Earlier this year, Wingtech announced the sale of its product-assembly business, saying the company’s inclusion on the U.S. entity list had negatively impacted the division.

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