Hampering

Synonyms for "hampering" (55 found)

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Closest matches (11)

arrest arrestation arrestment blockade blockage blocking burdensome check clogging closing up closure

Strong matches (17)

constriction cramp cumbersome cumbrous delay detainment detention encumbering fixation foot dragging foot-dragging hindering hindrance holdback holdup impediment impedimental

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form of

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hamper

related to

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hamper impediment

Sample sentences

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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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