impaired

Example Sentences

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This impaired their ability to send information about appropriate defensive responses to other parts of the brain.

From Science Daily • Apr. 4, 2026

When mutations disrupt this channel, pH regulation is impaired.

From Science Daily • Mar. 26, 2026

A 25bps rate cut could reduce sector net profit by about 1.6%, while rising oil prices may lead to higher gross impaired loans, he reckons.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 24, 2026

For patients with Type 2 diabetes, for people whose endogenous GLP-1 signaling is impaired, they represent a meaningful advance.

From Slate • Mar. 22, 2026

In other words, if you are not hearing impaired, your ear will pick up and receive sounds.

From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin