Definitions for impairment

impairment im·pair·ment

Spelling: [im-pair-muh nt]
IPA: /ɪmˈpɛər mənt/

Impairment is a 10 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 16 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 20 points.

You can make 558 anagrams from letters in impairment (aeiimmnprt).

Definitions for impairment

noun

  1. the state of being diminished, weakened, or damaged, especially mentally or physically:

Origin of impairment

impair+ -ment

Examples for impairment

As a group, no overall statistically significant improvement or impairment was seen as a result of taking Adderall.

A more precise association of THC levels and degrees of impairment are not yet available.

In general, the disabled folks are vulnerable to exploitation, in part because of the nature of their impairment.

Yet in this case, the degree of impairment seems to have been similar on both sides.

In every instance there is an impairment of natural nervous force.

But without any evidence of impairment, the FHP had no choice but to give Woods a routine traffic citation.

He cannot, however, advance any other cause of this impairment than abnormal heat.

Pain or impairment of function indicate removal after convalescence.

By nature, women should be more subject to impairment of voice than men.

The impairment does not, however, amount to absolute blindness.

Word Value for impairment
Scrable

16

Words with friends

20

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