visually impaired

adjective

1. (of a person) having reduced vision so severe as to constitute a disability.

noun

1. Usually the visually impaired. people with reduced vision so severe as to constitute a disability, considered collectively:

   He founded a training program to aid the visually impaired.

visually impaired

adjective

1. 1. having any defect of vision, whether disabling or not
   2. ( as collective noun; preceded by the ) See partially sighted

      the visually impaired

Usage

See visually handicapped

Derived Forms

• visual impairment, noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of visually impaired¹

First recorded in 1920–25

Example Sentences

She now has a boyfriend who is also visually impaired.

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Another student said it would be "really cool if someone who is visually impaired like us" won the competition.

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Zac Shaw, a Paralympic visually impaired sprinter, called it "hurtful" and said it was part of a "wider issue" in how disabled athletes are treated.

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Hazel Kelly, 80, who became visually impaired 13 years ago, says she had two operations cancelled at the hospital due to a leaking roof.

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Someone has left their Lime bike in the middle of the pavement, in the way of a road crossing with tactile paving that is used by visually impaired people.

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