Hampering

Synonyms for "hampering" (79 found)

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Closest matches (16)

arrest arrestation arrestment blockade blockage blocking burdensome check cloggingclosing upclosure constriction cramp cumbersome cumbrous

Noun(1 words)

compromise

Strong matches (24)

delay detainment detention encumbering fixationfoot draggingfoot-dragging hindering hindrance holdback holdup impediment impedimental impeding

Noun(9 words)

difficulty hamstringing hinder hinderinghindering actionhindrance hobbling impede impediment

Adjective(1 words)

frustrating

Related words (39)

Noun(10 words)

impeding inhibiting interference obstacle obstruct obstructive restraint trammelling undermine weaken

impeditive inhibition interference interruption let negativismnuisance valueobstruction obstructionism occlusion onerous opposition oppressive prevention preventive repression resistance restraint restriction retardation

Show 6 more words

retardment setback squeeze stranglehold stricture suppression

Verb(3 words)

obstructing stultify stymying

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5 relation types

More general

7 entries

constraint difficulty hindrance impairment obstruction reduction restriction

More specific

12 entries

bureaucratic hamperingdelayhindering factorinstitutional hamperingmeasurement biasobstructive influenceoperational hamperingpolicy hamperingprocedural hamperingregulatory hamperingsampling biasstall

Collocations

16 entries

administrative hamperingdata collection hamperingexternal hamperinghampering conditionshampering constrainthampering data collectionhampering effecthampering evaluationhampering factorhampering progresshampering replicationhampering resultspolicy hamperingregulatory hamperingresearch hamperingsignificant hampering

Inflections

4 entries

hampered hampersmore hamperingmost hampering

Derivations

3 entries

hamper hampered hamperingly

Sample sentences

3 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

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

Source: tatoeba (8904748)

Nearly a week after Typhoon Haiyan devastated parts of the Philippines, destroyed roadways are hampering efforts to get aid to hundreds of thousands of people in dire need of basic supplies.

Source: tatoeba (10968683)

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 […]

Source: wiktionary

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