impactfuladj.
/ˈɪmpaktf(ᵿ)l/, /ɪmˈpaktf(ᵿ)l/, U.S. /ɪmˈpæk(t)f(ə)l/ Having a significant impact or effect.
ΚΠ
1939 Commentator June 29/1 The coronation of a pope, the non-stop European crisis—these and kindred events become right-of-way news on radio—more immediate and impactful than even the front page.
1967 Times 3 Apr. 17/3 It was resolved that initially the company should concentrate on producing an acceptable, exciting and impactful new house symbol.
1984 A. M. Huberman & M. B. Miles Innovation Up Close iv. 87 In all three cases, local administrators colluded with users to scale down the project to easily manageable (and, as we shall see, less impactful) proportions.
2005 Campaign 22 July 29/5 The long-copy cross-track ads about domestic violence..were fantastically impactful.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
<
adj.1939- scratch sheet
- scratch stock
- scratch technique
- scratch the surface
- scratch the surface of
- scratch ticket
- scratch up
- scratch video
- scratch vote
- scratch, rub the elbow
- scratch-back
- scratch-belt
- scratch-block
- scratch-brush
- scratch-brush lathe
- scratch-brusher
- scratch-brushing
- scratch-build
- scratch-building
- scratch-built
- scratch-car
- scratch-carding
- scratch-cat
- scratch-coat
- scratch-coated