Impairment vs Misfortune - What's the difference?
impairment | misfortune | Related terms |
The result of being impaired; a deterioration or weakening; a disability or handicap; an inefficient part or factor.
(accounting) A downward revaluation, a write-down.
(uncountable) bad luck
* 2012 , July 15. Richard Williams in Guardian Unlimited,
(countable) an undesirable event such as an accident
* 1839 , Charles Robert Darwin,
Impairment is a related term of misfortune.
As nouns the difference between impairment and misfortune
is that impairment is the result of being impaired; a deterioration or weakening; a disability or handicap; an inefficient part or factor while misfortune is (uncountable) bad luck.impairment
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Alternative forms
* empairment (rare)Noun
(wikipedia impairment) (en noun)misfortune
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Noun
Tour de France 2012: Carpet tacks cannot force Bradley Wiggins off track
- Cycling's complex etiquette contains an unwritten rule that riders in contention for a race win should not be penalised for sheer misfortune .
- The worst tour I have ever had the misfortune to experience.
- It was my fortune, or misfortune , to be called to the office of Chief Executive without any previous political training. - Ulysses S. Grant
The Voyage of the Beagle., Chapter X
- The snowstorm, which was the cause of their misfortune , happened in the middle of January, corresponding to our July, and in the latitude of Durham!
- She had to come to terms with a number of misfortunes .
