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impairments

impairments is the plural of impairment.

Meaning of impairment

Noun

impairment (countable and uncountable, plural impairments)

  1. The result of being impaired.
  2. A deterioration or weakening.
    • We determined that the car driver’s transportation of multiple teen passengers, limited driving experience, and likely impairment from effects of cannabis at the time of the crash adversely affected her judgment of the danger of entering the intersection in front of the approaching combination...2024, NTSB, Intersection Crash Between Passenger Car and Combination Vehicle, Tishomingo, Oklahoma, March 22, 2022
  3. (medical model of disability) A disability or handicap.
    • visual impairment
  4. (social model of disability) A loss or absence of baseline human functioning that may lead to a disability.
  5. An inefficient part or factor.
  6. A downward revaluation, a write-down.

Phrases with impairments

Questions about impairments

What is impairments the plural of?
Impairments is the plural of impairment.

Words near impairments in the dictionary

  1. impairest
  2. impaireth
  3. impairing
  4. impairings
  5. impairment
  6. impairments
  7. impairs
  8. impala
  9. impala lily
  10. impalace
  11. impalaced

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Adapted from Wiktionary: impairments (page history and authors); impairment (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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