There is not a more encumbering impediment to success, than the affection of gratitude.
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Encumbering
Synonyms for "encumbering" (25 found)
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Noun(5 words)
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11 entriesactionconstraintdescriptive adjectivelegal rightobstructionphysical attributeprocessproperty restrictionproperty rightqualitative attributerestrict
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19 entriesadministrative obstaclebulkyburdensomebureaucratic encumbrancecumbersomedeed restrictioneasementeconomic burdenheavylienmortgageoperational bottleneckoverburdenovercommitoverloadponderous
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Collocations
15 entriesadministrative encumbranceencumbering bureaucracyencumbering debtencumbering loadencumbering processencumbering regulationsencumbrance on titlefinancial burdenfinancial encumbrancelegal encumbrancelien on propertymortgageproperty encumbranceproperty restrictiontitle encumbrance
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We are apt to think the close-fitted turban of the Asiatic a singular head-dress; and such as must be very encumbering in a hot climate; but this light yet bulky covering is, precisely, the defence which experience has taught the wearer to place upon his head, in situations in which the direct impulse of the rays might otherwise prove fatal.
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"Why my husband wants him about—" poor Mrs. Lanfear, the kindest of women, privately lamented to her friends; for Dredge, at that time—they kept him all summer at the bungalow—had one of the most encumbering personalities you can imagine.
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