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1. (v.t.) impair
to make or cause to become worse; weaken; damage:
habits that impair one's health.
Etymology: (1250–1300; ME empairen to make worse < MF empeirer=em-im-1+peirer to make worse < LL pējōrāre, v. der. of L pējor worse)
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1. (verb) impair
make worse or less effective
"His vision was impaired"
2. (verb) mar, impair, spoil, deflower, vitiate
make imperfect
"nothing marred her beauty"
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1. (verb) impair
to make less efficient or effective
In this disease the memory is impaired.
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| Definition of 'impair' |
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1. (adj) impair
not fit or appropriate
2. (noun) impair
diminution; injury
3. (verb) impair
to make worse; to diminish in quantity, value, excellence, or strength; to deteriorate; as, to impair health, character, the mind, value
4. (verb) impair
to grow worse; to deteriorate
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Sense: to damage, weaken or make less good
He was told that smoking would impair his health.
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 Afrikaans: benadeel |
 Arabic: يُضْعِف |
 Bulgarian: увреждам |
 Brazilian: prejudicar |
 Czech: poškodit, oslabit |
 German: beeinträchtigen |
 Danish: skade; svække |
 Greek: βλάπτω, εξασθενίζω, κατασ |
 Spanish: perjudicar, dañar |
 Estonian: kahjustama |
 Farsi: آسیب رساندن؛ ضعیف کردن |
 Finnish: huonontaa |
 French: détériorer |
 Hebrew: לִפגוֹם |
 Hindi: बिगाड़ना |
 Croatian: narušiti, oštetiti |
 Hungarian: (el)ront |
 Indonesian: merusak |
 Icelandic: skaða, veikja |
 Italian: danneggiare |
 Japanese: そこなう |
 Korean: 손상시키다 |
 Lithuanian: sugadinti, pakenkti |
 Latvian: bojāt; kaitēt; vājināt; p |
 Malay: merosakkan |
 Dutch: schaden |
 Norwegian: skade, svekke, forverre |
 Polish: nadwątlić |
 Persian: آسیب رساندن؛ ضعیف کردن |
 Pashto: لږول، لږ، كمول لږول. ( دك |
 Portuguese: prejudicar |
 Romanian: a strica, a deteriora |
 Russian: повреждать |
 Slovak: poškodiť |
 Slovenian: poslabšati |
 Serbian: narušiti |
 Swedish: försämra, skada |
 Thai: ทำให้แย่ลง |
 Turkish: zarar vermek, bozmak |
 Taiwanese: 損害，削弱 |
 Ukrainian: пошкоджувати, псувати |
 Urdu: بگاڑنا |
 Vietnamese: làm yếu đi |
 Chinese: 损害，削弱 |
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