impair
verb (used with object)
to make or cause to become worse; diminish in ability, value, excellence, etc.; weaken or damage.
is impairing
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present progressiveof impair (3rd person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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None of the disability rights leaders with whom Salon spoke denied that a stroke is impairing and often debilitating.
From Salon ● Nov. 1, 2022
Does the FBI also have undiagnosed anxiety that is impairing its daily functioning?
From Washington Post ● Jul. 23, 2021
Increasingly, Covid survivors say brain fog is impairing their ability to work and function normally.
From New York Times ● Oct. 11, 2020
Such discomfort is impairing our very ability to live to our very fullest — a right guaranteed in the Constitution!*
From Salon ● Jan. 28, 2017
"By your favour," said Mr. Butler, "may I ask whether your erudition is impairing your bodily health, that you leave school so early in life, Master Cardigan?"
From Cardigan by Robert W. (Robert William) Chambers
