visually impaired

adjective

1. (of a person) having reduced vision so severe as to constitute a disability.

noun

1. Usually the visually impaired. people with reduced vision so severe as to constitute a disability, considered collectively:

   He founded a training program to aid the visually impaired.

visually impaired

adjective

1. 1. having any defect of vision, whether disabling or not
   2. ( as collective noun; preceded by the ) See partially sighted

      the visually impaired

Usage

See visually handicapped

Derived Forms

• visual impairment, noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of visually impaired¹

First recorded in 1920–25

Example Sentences

Samarth Mahapatra from Marietta, Georgia, took second place for a computer algorithm that helps visually impaired people cook.

From Washington Post

I met with my visually impaired friend, and she was describing problems to me that she faces daily.

From Washington Post

Recently, Piper was tagged dozens of times in a video about a visually impaired person who made their own tactile puzzle.

From Digiday

A marathon runner, he told her he once was paired with a visually impaired person who was training for a race and talked him into a 10-mile run when he had initially agreed to only six.

From Washington Post

While seeing-eye dogs are bred and trained for visually impaired people, all dogs — if you let them — are in effect travel guides allowing us to see the world anew.

From Washington Post

Cranbrook, Romney's elite private academy, had a teacher who was so visually impaired the kids called him "The Bat."

From The Daily Beast

There are the visually impaired and physically handicapped who cannot use books.

From Project Gutenberg