visually impaired

American  

adjective

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

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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 British  

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

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Other Word Forms

• visual impairment noun

Etymology

Origin of visually impaired

First recorded in 1920–25

Example Sentences

It certainly proved that way during the sitting event, which followed the visually impaired and standing races: 18 athletes from a field of 37 failed to make it to the bottom of the course.

From BBC • Mar. 15, 2026

How do visually impaired athletes compete at the Winter Paralympics?

From BBC • Mar. 10, 2026

Great Britain have competed in every Games since 1976, but had to wait until Sochi 2014 for a first gold medal as Kelly Gallagher and guide Charlotte Evans landed Super-G visually impaired victory.

From BBC • Mar. 4, 2026

The women's Para-Alpine skiing programme comes to an end with the slalom across the three divisions - visually impaired, standing and seated - with run one starting at 08:00 and run two from 12:00.

From BBC • Mar. 4, 2026

So there I sat on that yellow school bus—Erik Fishers younger brother, Eclipse Boy, visually impaired and totally incapable of following in his brother’s footsteps.

From "Tangerine" by Edward Bloor