Definitions for impair
ɪmˈpɛərim·pair

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. impairverb

   make worse or less effective

   "His vision was impaired"

2. mar, impair, spoil, deflower, vitiateverb

   make imperfect

   "nothing marred her beauty"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. impairverb

   to weaken; to affect negatively; to have a diminishing effect on.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Impairnoun

   Diminution; decrease.

   Etymology: from the verb.

   A loadstone, kept in undue position, that is, not lying on the meridian, or with its poles inverted, receives in longer time impair in activity and exchange of faces, and is more powerfully preserved by site than dust of steel. Brown.

2. To Impairverb

   Etymology: empirer, to make worse, French. Stephen Skinner

   To diminish; to injure; to make worse; to lessen in quantity, value, or excellence.

   To change any such law, must needs, with the common sort, impair and weaken the force of those grounds whereby all laws are made effectual. Richard Hooker.

   Objects divine
   Must needs impair, and weary human sense. John Milton, Pa. Lost.

   That soon refresh'd him weary'd, and repair'd
   What hunger, if aught hunger had impair'd,
   Or thirst. John Milton, Paradise Regain'd.

   Nor was the work impair'd by storms alone,
   But felt th' approaches of too warm a sun. Alexander Pope.

   In years he seem'd, but not impair'd by years. Alexander Pope.

3. To Impairverb

   To be lessened or worn out.

   Flesh may impair, quoth he; but reason can repair. F. Q.

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1. impair

   Impair generally means to weaken, diminish, damage, or hinder the quality, value, condition, or function of something or someone. It refers to the act of making something or someone less effective, efficient, or functional.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Impairverb

   to make worse; to diminish in quantity, value, excellence, or strength; to deteriorate; as, to impair health, character, the mind, value

2. Impairverb

   to grow worse; to deteriorate

3. Impairadjective

   not fit or appropriate

4. Impairnoun

   diminution; injury

5. Etymology: [F. impair uneven, L. impar; im- not + par equal.]

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:2.0 / 1 vote

1. Impair

   im-pār′, v.t. to diminish in quantity, value, or strength: to injure: to weaken.—v.i. (obs.) to become worse.—n. Impair′ment. [O. Fr. empeirer (Fr. empirer), from L. im (=in), inten., and L. pejorāre, to make worse—L. pejor, worse.]

2. Impair

   im-pār′, adj. (Shak.) unsuitable. [Fr.,—L. impar—in, not, par, equal.]

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1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of impair in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of impair in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of impair in a Sentence

1. Ken Cook:

   Children and farm workers in California will no longer be exposed to this neurotoxic pesticide that can permanently impair the brain and nervous systems.

2. Krystal Kenney:

   I learned that Patrick Frazee had committed a homicide on approximately Nov. 22, 2018 in Teller County. I knew that law enforcement would be investigating that crime. I moved the victim's cell phone with the intent to impair the phone's availability in the investigation.

3. Dave Joly:

   Disclosure of an individual's inclusion or non-inclusion in the TSDB (screening databases) would significantly impair the government's ability to investigate and counteract terrorism.

4. The FSOC:

   Such an event could lead investors to withdraw from short-term funding markets more broadly, which could impair the ability of large financial firms to serve as financial intermediaries.

5. Juergen Hardt:

   That the U.S. ambassador is now turning to German companies with direct threats is a new and unacceptable one-sided tightening of the tone in the transatlantic relationship, if the U.S. president thinks he has to publicly show he is getting tough on Russia in view of the many question marks regarding his relationship with Moscow, he should not thereby impair the relationship with his most important ally.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=impair
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Impair
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=impair
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/impair
6. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=impair