impairs

noun

(obsolete) The act of impairing or deteriorating.

(obsolete) The fact of being impaired or having grown worse.

(obsolete) An impairment or deterioration.

verb

(transitive) To weaken; to affect negatively; to have a diminishing effect on.

(intransitive, archaic) To grow worse; to deteriorate.

adjective

(obsolete) Not fit or appropriate; unsuitable.

Roots

peiorpair- · Latin · worse

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