Skip to definition.
Get the FREE one-click dictionary software for Windows.
NEW iPhone Audio English dictionary


Verb: impair  im'pehr
  1. Make worse or less effective
    "His vision was impaired"
     
  2. Make imperfect
    "nothing impaired her beauty"
    - mar, spoil, deflower, vitiate

Derived forms: impairing, impaired, impairs

See also: impairer, impairment

Type of: damage