impaired ability

collocation in English

meaningsofimpairedandability

These words are often used together. Click on the links below to explore the meanings. Or,see other collocations withability.
impaired
adjective
uk
/ɪmˈpeəd/us
/ɪmˈperd/
damaged in a way that makes something ...
See more atimpaired
ability
noun[C or U]
uk
/əˈbɪl.ə.ti/us
/əˈbɪl.ə.t̬i/
the physical or mental power or skill needed to ...
See more atability

(Definition ofimpairedandabilityfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofimpaired ability

These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.
In general, newborns and infants have a diminished ability to excrete ions as well as animpairedabilityto reabsorb them.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Impairedabilityon behalf of the patients to comprehend information may therefore result in gradually bypassing informed consent procedures in these institutions.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Our results suggested that patients with prominent negative symptoms, characterized by apathy, amotivation, and impoverished affect and speech haveimpairedabilityto represent information internally.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Breakdown of communication in dementia results inimpairedabilityto interpret and interact with others and with the environment.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Foot care is often sub-optimal because elderly people are unable to manage their own feet due to failing eyesight or animpairedabilityto bend down to reach to toes.
From theCambridge English Corpus
In other words, we are going further than pensioners, children, full-time students under the age of 18, blind people and those with a seriouslyimpairedabilityto walk.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
I received strong representations, however, to the effect that the consideration of the sensitive issues raised by questions ofimpairedabilityshould remain with my own professional advisers.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
Furthermore, animpairedabilityto effect a closure of the palatopharyngeal port while swallowing can result in the nasopharyngeal regurgitation of liquid or solid boluses.
From
Wikipedia
This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.
Such allegations may arise because of incomplete amnesia, disinhibition, andimpairedabilityto process cues.
From
Wikipedia
This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.
Sleep deprivation is also implicated inimpairedabilityto retrieve stored long-term memories.
From
Wikipedia
This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.
Impairedabilityof damaged motor neurons to regulate descending pathways gives rise to disordered spinal reflexes, increased excitability of muscle spindles, and decreased synaptic inhibition.
From
Wikipedia
This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.
This can lead to more severe problems such as animpairedabilityto adjust to school and predicts school dropout many years later.
From
Wikipedia
This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.
It is characterized by inability orimpairedabilityto raise the toes or raise the foot from the ankle (dorsiflexion).
From
Wikipedia
This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.
In the later stages, the left ventricle dilates, the wall thins, and the systolic function deteriorates (resulting inimpairedabilityto pump blood forward).
From
Wikipedia
This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.
Functional fixedness is animpairedabilityto discover a new use for an object, owing to the subject's previous use of the object in a functionally dissimilar context.
From
Wikipedia
This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.
It is characterized by intense fear in one or more social situations, causing considerable distress andimpairedabilityto function in at least some parts of daily life.
From
Wikipedia
This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.
Particular personality traits may make it difficult to cope with impaired abilities and changes in self-image.
From theCambridge English Corpus
There is priority seating for older adults and persons with impaired abilities.
From
Wikipedia
This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.
These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.
Want to learn more?
Go to the definition ofimpaired
Go to the definition ofability
See other collocations withability