1 damaged or not functioning normally:
impaired vision / memory
2 (-impaired) (in adjectives and nouns) having the type of physical or mental problem mentioned:
hearing-impaired children * Nowadays we say someone is 'speech-impaired', not dumb. -< DISABLED
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Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
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