If your doctor tells you that something is impacted, that's not a good thing. It means wedged together and unable to move.
Driven together or close.
Adjective S.
wedged or packed in together; "an impacted tooth"
imp. & p. p.
of Impact
a.
Driven together or close.
Impacted
Driven together or close.
Usage Examples
Short cycle business are being impacted by credit, and are being impacted by gasoline prices, food, distribution businesses, chemical business.
In my home State of Louisiana, several institutions of higher education have been impacted by both Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, literally dozens across the entire State.
The failure of The Cable Guy impacted my career. I had to start writing and acting again.
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Other Usage ExamplesRelief organizations both large and small are coordinating deliveries of food, clothing, water, and other basic necessities to those impacted by Katrina.
Never in our country's history have we witnessed a natural disaster that has impacted so many people in such a wide area. In fact, as of the writing of this column, millions of people along the Gulf Coast have been displaced from their homes in a period of only five days.
It's impossible to walk a block in Miami, in Los Angeles, San Antonio without running into someone who is being deeply impacted by a broken legal immigration system.
I was on Oprah's show recently talking about the people who impacted me the most. One was a teacher and one was my soccer coach. I didn't even go into my family, who had the most influence.
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