impair
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Is impair a Scrabble word?
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- Scrabble US/Canada (OTCWL) Yes
- Scrabble UK (SOWPODS) Yes
- Wordle No
- Words With Friends Yes
What is the meaning of impair?
Definition
verb (English)
1. (transitive) To weaken; to affect negatively; to have a diminishing effect on.Examples: "In 2016, it was announced that Jones had been diagnosed with primary progressive aphasia, a form of dementia that impairs the ability to communicate."transitive
2. (intransitive, archaic) To grow worse; to deteriorate.Examples: "Flesh may empaire,[…]but reason can repaire."archaicintransitive
adj (English)
1. (obsolete) Not fit or appropriate; unsuitable.Examples: "giues he not till iudgement guide his bounty, / Nor dignifies an impaire thought with breath:"obsolete
noun (English)
1. (obsolete) The act of impairing or deteriorating.obsolete
2. (obsolete) The fact of being impaired or having grown worse.obsolete
3. (obsolete) An impairment or deterioration.Examples: "Suppoſe a mans credit ſhould ſuffer an impair with thoſe whoſe cenſure is not to be valued; yet think, which is worſe, ſhame or ſin? Wilt thou ſin againſt God to ſave thy credit?"obsolete
Definition source: Wiktionary