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01. Drinking alcohol [impairs] one's ability to drive a car safely.
02. My neighbor lost his driver's license after he was stopped by police, and charged with [impaired] driving.
03. My father's hearing was [impaired] by the noise of working on naval ships all his life.
04. My brother can't get a driver's license because of his visual [impairment].
05. The old woman's ability to move about has been seriously [impaired] by arthritis.
06. His ability to make a fair judgment is [impaired] by his close personal relationship with the defendant.
07. Italian philosopher Leon Battisti Alberti described beauty as the adjustment of all parts proportionately so that one cannot add or subtract or change without [impairing] the harmony of the whole.
08. There is a Latin proverb which states that many promises [impair] confidence.
09. The Supreme Court stated that society's myths and fears about disability and disease are as handicapping as are the physical limitations that flow from actual [impairment].
10. Continued use of antibiotics can result in an [impaired] immunity to disease.
11. Recent research has shown that certain hormones which are present in plastics, and which come in contact with food, can actually [impair] sperm production in men who eat such food.
12. Rock star Pete Townsend's hearing has been seriously [impaired] by the loud music he plays at his concerts.
13. A driver who is [impaired] by drugs or alcohol is one of the worst driving hazards.
14. Even a mild illness like a cold or the flu can [impair] one's alertness.
15. In our province, 30 percent of all traffic deaths involve [impaired] driving.
16. A camel can lose up to a quarter of its body weight without [impairing] its normal functions.
17. Recent research has shown that many nights of little sleep, fewer than six hours a night, can [impair] mental performance as much as not sleeping for two nights in a row.
18. Psychologists will diagnose an anxiety disorder when levels of worry become so extreme that the person's behavior is [impaired].
19. All babies show virtually the same facial expressions, including those born blind or even hearing [impaired] and blind.
20. Korea's education system includes twelve schools for students with visual [impairments].

Grammatical examples in English. 2013.

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  • impair — impair, aire [ ɛ̃pɛr ] adj. et n. m. • 1521; impar 1484; lat. impar; d apr. pair I ♦ Adj. 1 ♦ Qui n est pas pair, qui ne peut être divisé par deux en donnant des nombres entiers. Nombres impairs. Math. Fonction impaire, dont la valeur change de… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • impair — impair, aire (in pêr, pê r ) adj. 1°   Terme d arithmétique. Opposé à pair ; qu on ne peut diviser en deux nombres entiers égaux. Trois, cinq, sept, etc. sont des nombres impairs.    Années impaires, celles qui sont exprimées par un nombre impair …   Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré

  • impair — im·pair /im per/ vt 1: to damage or make worse by or as if by diminishing impair ed health 2: to diminish the value of (property or property rights); specif: to diminish the value of (legal contractual obligations) to the point that a party loses …   Law dictionary

  • impair — Impair. adj. Qui n est point pair, nombre impair. Nous sommes icy nombre impair, en nombre impair. tout nombre est pair ou impair …   Dictionnaire de l'Académie française

  • Impair — Im*pair , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Impaired}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Impairing}.] [Written also {empair}.] [OE. empeiren, enpeiren, OF. empeirier, empirier, F. empirer, LL. impejorare; L. pref. im in + pejorare to make worse, fr. pejor worse. Cf.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Impair — Im pair, a. [F. impair uneven, L. impar; im not + par equal.] Not fit or appropriate. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Impair — Im*pair , v. t. To grow worse; to deteriorate. Milton. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Impair — Im*pair , n. Diminution; injury. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • impair — (v.) late 14c., earlier ampayre, apeyre (c.1300), from O.Fr. empeirier (Mod.Fr. empirer), from V.L. *impejorare make worse, from assimilated form of in into, in (see IN (Cf. in ) (2)) + L.L. pejorare make worse, from pejor worse. In reference to… …   Etymology dictionary

  • impair — damage, mar, *injure, harm, hurt, spoil Analogous words: *weaken, enfeeble, debilitate, sap, undermine, disable, cripple: *deface, disfigure: *deform, distort, contort, warp Antonyms: improve, amend: repair Contrasted words: better, ameliorate… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • impair — [v] harm, hinder blemish, blunt, cheapen, damage, debase, debilitate, decrease, destroy, deteriorate, devaluate, devalue, diminish, ding*, disqualify, enervate, enfeeble, hurt, injure, invalidate, lessen, lose strength, make useless, mar,… …   New thesaurus

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