Synonyms for impairment
im·pair·ment

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1. impairment

   Injury (Latin in, not, and jus, juris, right, law) signifies primarily something done contrary to law or right; hence, something contrary to some standard of right or good; whatever reduces the value, utility, beauty, or desirableness of anything is an injury to that thing; of persons, whatever is so done as to operate adversely to one in his person, rights, property, or reputation is an injury; the word is especially used of whatever mars the integrity of the body or causes pain; as, when rescued from the wreck his injuries were found to be very slight. Injury is the general term including all the rest. Damage (Latin damnum, loss) is that which occasions loss to the possessor; hence, any impairment of value, often with the suggestion of fault on the part of the one causing it; damage reduces value, utility, or beauty; detriment (Latin deterere, to rub or wear away) is similar in meaning, but far milder. Detriment may affect value only; damage always affects real worth or utility; as a rule, the slightest use of an article by a purchaser operates to its detriment if again offered for sale, tho the article may have received not the slightest damage. Damage is partial; loss is properly absolute as far as it is predicated at all; the loss of a ship implies that it is gone beyond recovery; the loss of the rudder is a damage to the ship; but since the loss of a part still leaves a part, we may speak of a partial or a total loss. Evil commonly suggests suffering or sin, or both; as, the evils of poverty, the social evil. Harm is closely synonymous with injury; it may apply to body, mind, or estate, but always affects real worth, while injury may concern only estimated value. A hurt is an injury that causes pain, physical or mental; a slight hurt may be no real harm. Mischief is disarrangement, trouble, or harm usually caused by some voluntary agent, with or without injurious intent; a child's thoughtless sport may do great mischief; wrong is harm done with evil intent. An outrage combines insult and injury. Compare synonyms for BLEMISH; CRIMINAL; INJUSTICE.

   Synonyms:
   blemish, damage, detriment, disadvantage, evil, harm, hurt, injury, injustice, loss, mischief, outrage, prejudice, wrong

   Antonyms:
   advantage, amelioration, benefit, blessing, boon, help, improvement, remedy, service, utility

   Preposition:
   The injury of the cause; an injury to the structure; injury by fire; by or from collision, interference, etc.

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1. damage, harm, impairmentnoun

   the occurrence of a change for the worse

   Synonyms:
   equipment casualty, hurt, scathe, terms, price, legal injury, injury, disability, handicap, constipation, damage, wrong, harm, deadening, deterioration, disablement, trauma, stultification

2. deterioration, impairmentnoun

   a symptom of reduced quality or strength

   Synonyms:
   constipation, stultification, worsening, harm, disablement, disability, declension, handicap, deadening, damage, deterioration, decline in quality

3. disability, disablement, handicap, impairmentnoun

   the condition of being unable to perform as a consequence of physical or mental unfitness

   "reading disability"; "hearing impairment"

   Synonyms:
   impediment, constipation, baulk, deterrent, disability, handicap, balk, check, harm, deadening, deterioration, damage, hinderance, hindrance, disablement, stultification

4. impairmentnoun

   damage that results in a reduction of strength or quality

   Synonyms:
   constipation, stultification, harm, disability, deadening, handicap, damage, deterioration, disablement

5. stultification, constipation, impairment, deadeningnoun

   the act of making something futile and useless (as by routine)

   Synonyms:
   constipation, harm, stultification, deadening, disablement, irregularity, handicap, damage, befooling, disability, deterioration

Matched Categories

1. • Change
   • Damage
   • Decay
   • Degradation
   • Unfitness

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1. mischeif

   to hurt someone

   harming something or someone

   Submitted by anonymous on January 26, 2020  

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1. List of paraphrases for "impairment":

   disability, deficiency, alteration, deterioration, disabilities, depreciation, infirmity, disorder, degradation, impairments, disorders, weathering, handicap, insufficiency, write-down, reduced

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1. Charles Schack:

   I would have thought that you would have him evaluated by a DRE to see whether or not there are some physical clues beyond the operation that would point to impairment.

2. Barbara Bowman:

   It makes me sick, and it sends a very wrong message about what consent really means, consent is not the absence of a' no.' And when you put drugs and alcohol in the mix, and put a person into a state of impairment and incapacitation where they're not able to respond in a normal setting, it's manipulative. It's diabolical. It's controlling. And it's typical behavior and thinking of a sociopath.

3. Kansas City police:

   The driver is under investigation for impairment. A search of the vehicle revealed no weapons, and there were no indications of terrorist activity, police do not know the suspect's motive at this time. The parade route is once again secure.

4. Brooke Alpert:

   Poor blood sugar control is a major risk for cognitive issues and impairment.

5. Assistant Police Chief Todd Strickland:

   There were signs of impairment due to the... field sobriety test that we gave Ashton Baza, and that was part of the investigation... and why Ashton Baza was arrested.