impacted

verb adjective

Stress: second syllable

Syllables: im-pact-ed (3)
English Definition

Strongly affected by something, or tightly wedged

Example Sentence

Many businesses were impacted by the new policy.

US IPA /ɪmˈpæktɪd/
UK IPA /ɪmˈpæktɪd/

Synonyms

affected influenced damaged wedged

Antonyms

unaffected unharmed