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impaired

adjective as in injured, faulty

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Flies with the defective gene exhibited behaviors consistent with inner ear dysfunction, such as impaired hearing and balance issues.

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"For hard of hearing people, phone banking is challenging, and for visually impaired people, online banking can be really difficult," Miss Kinsella added.

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And they argue this “modest, modern” limit make sense because well-armed drug addicts “present unique dangers to society — especially because they pose a grave risk of armed, hostile encounters with police officers while impaired.”

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He's visually impaired, and has grown in confidence since joining National Star College - especially through work placements with local charities, where he's helped sell goods online.

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Prosecutors made the case that her level of mental illness did not meet the criteria for manslaughter, where someone's judgement and rationality is substantially impaired.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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