impairmentnoun [ U ]
uk/ɪmˈpeə.mənt//ɪmˈper.mənt/the act of spoiling something or making it weaker so that it is less effective
specialized medical deterioration in the functioning of a body part, organ, or system that can be temporary or permanent and can result from injury or disease:
Renal impairment needs to be treated urgently.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Damaging and spoiling
- adulterate
- alloy
- at the expense of sb idiom
- at-risk
- bandh
- bang up sb/sth
- gild the lily idiom
- gloss
- gnaw
- gnaw away at sth
- go west idiom
- goonda
- poison
- ruin
- scourge
- shatter
- shoot sth up
- shred
- sour
- tell on sb
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Deteriorating and making worse
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