Hampering

noun, verb

noun, verb ·3 syllables ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    That which hampers; an impediment.

    "25 February 1926, Ernest Hemingway, Letter to Isabel Simmons I still love you, in spite of the hamperings of your married state and I think Francis is a grand guy and that you married damned well […]"

Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of hamper form-of, gerund, participle, present

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"US minimum wage laws apply in Puerto Rico, hampering job expansion."

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