adjective
- weakened, diminished, or damaged: impaired hearing; to rebuild an impaired bridge.
- functioning poorly or inadequately: Consumption of alcohol results in an impaired driver.
- deficient or incompetent (usually preceded by an adverb or noun): morally impaired; sports-impaired.
adjective
- not reduced or weakened in strength, quality, etc
adj.1580s, from un- (1) “not” + past participle of impair. Rare before c.1760.