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Definition of Impair
1. Verb. Make worse or less effective. "His vision was impaired"
2. Verb. Make imperfect. "Nothing marred her beauty"
Generic synonyms: Damage
Specialized synonyms: Cloud, Corrupt, Defile, Sully, Taint, Blemish, Deface, Disfigure
Derivative terms: Defloration, Impairer, Impairment, Mar, Spoil
Definition of Impair
1. v. t. To make worse; to diminish in quantity, value, excellence, or strength; to deteriorate; as, to impair health, character, the mind, value.
2. v. t. To grow worse; to deteriorate.
3. a. Not fit or appropriate.
4. n. Diminution; injury.
Definition of Impair
1. Verb. to weaken; to affect negatively; to have a diminishing effect on. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Impair
1. to make worse [v -ED, -ING, -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Impair
Literary usage of Impair
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Treatise on the Bankruptcy Law of the United States by Harold Remington (1915)
"Do Not impair Obligation of Contracts.—The laws so established do not contravene
the constitutional prohibition against the impairment of the obligation of ..."
2. Supreme Court Reporter by Robert Desty, United States Supreme Court, West Publishing Company (1920)
"The provisions of this ordinance shall not be construed as an attempt to impair
the obligation of any valid contract, but shall apply to and govern all such ..."
3. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1910)
"If it was her property, the mere possession and use of the horse afterwards by
her husband did not divest or even impair her title, no more than such a ..."
4. Democracy in America by Alexis de Tocqueville, Henry Reeve (1899)
"CHAPTER XVI That Excessive Care of Worldly Welfare May impair that Welfare THERE
is a closer tie than is commonly supposed between the improvement of the ..."
5. Commentaries on American Law by James Kent (1858)
"... personal responsibility, for penalties accruing on the commission of individual,
provided its effects be not to impair the obligation of a contract. ..."
6. Democracy in America by Alexis de Tocqueville, Henry Reeve (1899)
"CHAPTER XVI That Excessive Care of Worldly Welfare May impair that Welfare THERE
is a closer tie than is commonly supposed between the improvement of the ..."
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