Impacted
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Impacted is a verb meaning simple past and past participle of impact.
Meaning
simple past and past participle of impact.
More Meanings
- Having undergone an impact.
- (dentistry) Of a tooth, subject to dental impaction.
- (US, economics) Having lost property revenue due to Federal presence, such that it may receive impact aid.
Example Sentences
Being the last teeth to erupt in the oral cavity, many wisdom teeth are impacted.
Like many of my colleagues, I represent one of the most highly impacted schools in the Nation. This school relies on the impact aid program.
Table A3-1 compares the capabilities of (1) impacted communities and school districts to finance capital improvements from their own resources […]
Synonyms for impacted
Depending on context, synonyms include compact, wedged.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include wedged, compact, hit, exploded, crushed, hampered.
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