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Definition of impaired : of Impair

Synonyms:

afflicted, lessened, broken, presbyopic, visually impaired, stricken, ametropic, dysfunctional, dyslexic, unfit, diminished, dickey, dyslectic, anosmic, astigmatic, dicky

enfeebled, invalidated, deadened, tampered, disarmed, hindered, benumbed, neutralized, crippled, weakened, abrogated, handicapped, botched, cramped, undermined, scotched, hampered, vitiated, incapacitated, prostrated, hamstrung, sapped, hobbled, anesthetized, dulled, disabled, screwed up, stunned, paralyzed, lamed, stupefied

harmed, damaged, spoiled, hurt

restricted, crimped, bunged, interrupted, fouled, frustrated, dragged, burdened, choked, snarled, entangled, plugged, curbed, caught, resisted, tangled, checked, stayed, thwarted, mired, dammed, jammed, braked, snagged, complicated, clogged, constrained, restrained, encumbered, bottlenecked, entrapped, obstructed, opposed, inhibited, impeded, delayed, deterred, detained, baffled, countered, barred, congested, fettered, stopped, blocked, constipated

Usage examples:

• The principle of self- government is thus impaired, not strengthened. - "Guide to the Kindergarten and Intermediate Class and Moral Culture of Infancy.", Elizabeth P. Peabody Mary Mann.
• By degrees I learnt, and chiefly from Herbert, that Mr. Pocket had been educated at Harrow and at Cambridge, where he had distinguished himself; but that when he had had the happiness of marrying Mrs. Pocket very early in life, he had impaired his prospects and taken up the calling of a Grinder. - "Great Expectations", Charles Dickens.
• They might have put somebody in the witness- box who would have said that reading the Freethinker had impaired his digestion and disturbed his sleep. - "Prisoner for Blasphemy", G. W. [George William] Foote.