impacted
tightly or immovably wedged in.
Dentistry. noting a tooth so confined in its socket as to be incapable of normal eruption.
driven together; tightly packed.
densely populated or crowded; overcrowded: an impacted school district.
Origin of impacted
1Other words from impacted
- non·im·pact·ed, adjective
- un·im·pact·ed, adjective
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How to use impacted in a sentence
Climate change affects us all, but it affects some areas of the world disproportionately and we must use the resources we have to help those who are the most impacted.
I'm a CEO at One of the World's Biggest Shipping and Logistics Companies. Here's How My Industry Can Go Green | Vincent Clerc | January 9, 2022 | TimeWork on the canonical issue continues, with about 55% of impacted URLs restored.
Rather than layoffs, Insider has been able to redeploy staffers into areas where the business is still growing and less impacted.
‘We’re about hiring journalists’: Insider Inc. launches third global news hub in Singapore | Lucinda Southern | September 17, 2020 | DigidayOne of the most impacted ZIP codes includes the San Ysidro Elementary School District, which has some of the highest rates of student homelessness in the county, a measure that includes families living in overcrowded or substandard conditions.
Coronavirus Hit Latinos Harder Thanks to a Perfect Storm of Disparities | Maya Srikrishnan | August 12, 2020 | Voice of San DiegoDepending on what parts of the brain are impacted, the person can develop forms of dementia and personality changes.
Understanding Tracy Morgan’s Traumatic Brain Injury | Jean Kim | November 20, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
I think all of us who are impacted by it have been referencing it in one way or another for years in our work.
‘Phineas and Ferb’ Pilot Disney’s Premier Voyage into ‘Star Wars’ | Jason Lynch | July 25, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTBut by our estimate, the number of people impacted by Chase account closures is closer to tens than hundreds.
McCain said he would not be impacted financially by being subject to a visa ban and asset freeze in the Russian Federation.
Nearly half of a solid 45 percent say the Internet has impacted their relationship.
The Way We Live Now: Nearly Half of Single Cellphone Users Have Received a Sext, Two-Thirds of Couples Share Passwords | Emily Shire | February 11, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTIn the twilight gloom his glittering rows of shark's teeth seemed impacted on my eyeball—I saw them, and nothing else.
Prince Zaleski | M.P. ShielThis Plate represents the head fixed, or impacted, at the upper strait of a narrow pelvis.
When they are so impacted as to prevent the delivery being completed, the accoucheur must interfere.
The nates may become so firmly impacted in the pelvis, that they cannot advance without artificial assistance.
The minute bronchial ramifications and corresponding lobules were impacted with dense carbon.
An Investigation into the Nature of Black Phthisis | Archibald Makellar
British Dictionary definitions for impacted
/ (ɪmˈpæktɪd) /
(of a tooth) unable to erupt, esp because of being wedged against another tooth below the gum
(of a fracture) having the jagged broken ends wedged into each other
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