If someone has an impairment, they have a condition which prevents their eyes, ears, or brain from working properly.
He has a visual impairment in the right eye.
Synonyms: disability, condition, disorder, defect More Synonyms of impairment
impairment in Finance
(ɪmpɛərmənt)
noun
(Finance: General)
Impairment is the situation when the current value of an asset is less than the historical cost.
Banks were partly responsible for the impairment of their asset portfolios because of their imprudent lending and investment policies.
Asset impairment happens when the carrying amount of an asset is greater than the amount recoverableeither through using or selling an asset.
Impairment is the situation when the current value of an asset is less than the historical cost.
impairment in Insurance
(ɪmpɛərmənt)
Word forms: (regular plural) impairments
noun
(Insurance: Medical insurance)
An impairment is a condition in which a part of a person's mind or body is damaged or is not working properly.
A person with a disability is defined as a person who has a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more major life activities.
Enhanced annuities are likely to be weighted towards exposure to a handful of impairments, particularly cardiovascular disease and conditions related to smoking.
An impairment is a condition in which a part of a person's mind or body is damaged or is not workingproperly.
mental impairment, physical impairment
impairment in Accounting
(ɪmpɛərmənt)
noun
(Accounting: Financial statements)
Impairment is the situation when the current value of an asset is less than the historical cost.
Banks were partly responsible for the impairment of their asset portfolios because of their imprudent lending and investment policies.
Asset impairment happens when the carrying amount of an asset is greater than the amount recoverableeither through using or selling an asset.
Impairment is the situation when the current value of an asset is less than the historical cost.
Examples of 'impairment' in a sentence
impairment
There are tens of millions of people with physical or mental impairments.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
There is also the risk of future visual impairments and degenerative tissue disease.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Chronic conditions and impairments often lower the quality of life in the last few years.
McKenzie, James F. & Pinger, Robert R. An Introduction to Community Health (1995)
Is disagreement with it a sign of cognitive impairment?
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
The four can include no more than two rowers with visual impairment.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
Athletes with different degrees of visual impairment.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
All prospective migrants must have health checks and conditions such as cancer or intellectual impairment generally result in rejection.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Obviously, this cognitive impairment is closely allied to and inseparable from emotional and relational difficulties.
Bloom, Carol & Gitter, Andrea (contributor) & Gutwill, Susan (contributor) & Kogel,Laura (contributor) & Zaphiropoulos, Lela (contributor) Eating Problems: A Feminist Psychoanalytic Treatment Model (1994)
The list is not relevant to people with mental impairments and is abolished in the Bill.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
But GPs will only contact the informant of patients with signs of cognitive impairment.
The Sun (2016)
The only martial art in the Games is reserved for athletes with a visual impairment.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
All physically impaired athletes can compete, although not those with visual impairments.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
A learning disability means a permanent intellectual impairment.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
Mild cognitive impairment was formerly classified with benign memory loss of old age, or simply regarded as forgetfulness.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
Some diseases and injuries cause mental impairment; some treatments produce side effects that affect participation and progress in school.
Pressley, Michael & McCormick, Christine Advanced Educational Psychology For Educators, Researchers and Policymakers, (1995)
Those with intellectual impairments are T20.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
Her elderly father, with mild memory impairment, was in hospital.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
The Paralympic movement offers sporting opportunities for athletes with physical, visual and intellectual impairments.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
Studies have linked snoring with behavioural problems, mental impairment, and heart and metabolic disease.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
The interviewees were assessed to ensure that they could give meaningful answers and asked questions using standard health status, cognitive impairment and quality of life questionnaires.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
In the past few years, a number of studies have linked shortage of vitamin D with cognitive impairment in older men and women.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
In other languages
impairment
British English: impairment NOUN
If someone has an impairment, they have a condition which prevents their eyes, ears, or brain from working properly.
He has a visual impairment in the right eye.
American English: impairment
Brazilian Portuguese: deficiência
Chinese: > 损伤身体机能的
European Spanish: discapacidad
French: déficience
German: Schaden
Italian: menomazione
Japanese: >機能障害身体の
Korean: 장애
European Portuguese: deficiência
Latin American Spanish: discapacidad
(noun)
She has a visual impairment in her right eye.
Synonyms
disability
Facilities for people with disabilities are still inadequate.
condition
disorder
a rare nerve disorder that can cause paralysis of the arms
defect
complaint
Eczema is a common skin complaint.
disablement
Additional synonyms
in the sense of complaint
Definition
a mild illness
Eczema is a common skin complaint.
Synonyms
disorder,
problem,
trouble,
disease,
upset,
illness,
sickness,
ailment,
affliction,
malady,
indisposition
in the sense of disorder
Definition
an illness
a rare nerve disorder that can cause paralysis of the arms