'Impairment' definitions:
Definition of 'impairment'
(from WordNet)
noun
noun
A symptom of reduced quality or strength [syn: deterioration, impairment]
noun
The condition of being unable to perform as a consequence of physical or mental unfitness; "reading disability"; "hearing impairment" [syn: disability, disablement, handicap, impairment]
noun
Damage that results in a reduction of strength or quality
noun
The act of making something futile and useless (as by routine) [syn: stultification, constipation, impairment, deadening]
Definition of 'Impairment'
From: GCIDE
- Impairment \Im*pair"ment\, n. [OE. enpeirement, OF. empirement.] The state, act, or process of being impaired; injury. "The impairment of my health." --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'impairment'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- adulteration,
- attrition,
- curtailment,
- cut,
- cutting,
- damage,
- debilitation,
- decrease,
- decrement,
- defectibility,
- defectiveness,
- deficiency,
- depletion,
- depreciation,
- derogation,
- deterioration,
- detraction,
- detriment,
- diminution,
- dip,
- disadvantage,
- disparagement,
- drawback,
- enfeeblement,
- erroneousness,
- extraction,
- fallibility,
- faultiness,
- flaw,
- handicap,
- harm,
- hurt,
- immaturity,
- imperfection,
- impurity,
- inaccuracy,
- inadequacy,
- inadequateness,
- incompleteness,
- inexactitude,
- inexactness,
- injury,
- lack,
- lessening,
- liability,
- loss,
- loss of ground,
- marring,
- mediocrity,
- mischief,
- patchiness,
- prejudice,
- reduction,
- remission,
- retraction,
- retrenchment,
- shortage,
- shortcoming,
- shortening,
- shrinkage,
- sketchiness,
- step backward,
- truncation,
- undermining,
- undevelopment,
- unevenness,
- unperfectedness,
- unsoundness,
- vitiation,
- want,
- weakening,
- worsening