Cumbered
adj, verb
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Definitions
Verb
- 1 simple past and past participle of cumber form-of, participle, past
Adjective
- 1 Encumbered; hampered. archaic
"Vanessa Pennington had a husband who was poor, with few extenuating circumstances, and an admirer who, though comfortably rich, was cumbered with a sense of honour."
Example
More examples"Vanessa Pennington had a husband who was poor, with few extenuating circumstances, and an admirer who, though comfortably rich, was cumbered with a sense of honour."
Etymology
From cumber + -ed.
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