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Unimpaired

adj.resilient, capableformal

What it means

Still fully functional or healthy, without loss of ability or quality.

Reach for it when Confirming that capacity, condition, judgment, or access remains effective.

Backup batteries kept the radio network unimpaired during the outage.

Choose between these

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  • everyday

    fully functional

    practical operation is the key test

    not when not for dignity, rights, or judgment

  • everyday

    intact

    the whole remains present and sound

    not when does not prove full function

  • warm

    healthy

    a living system remains well

    not when too broad for equipment or legal capacity

  • professional

    sound

    condition remains reliable enough for use

    not when allows small losses that unimpaired excludes

  • professional

    unaffected

    a particular event caused no change

    not when may still have an earlier impairment

  • formal

    undiminished

    strength or quality has not decreased

    not when less natural for bodily faculties

Said against

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  • impaired
  • weakened
  • damaged

It naturally appears in

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  • remain unimpaired

    Her hearing remained unimpaired after the brief exposure.

  • unimpaired function

    Tests confirmed unimpaired function in the backup pump.

  • substantially unimpaired

    The path remained substantially unimpaired despite surface washout.

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