The policies of the government have hamstrung the country.
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Hamstrung
Synonyms for "hamstrung" (16 found)
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3 translations across 2 languages.
German
2 entries- gelähmt adj (restricted as if with a crippling hamstring)
- lahm gelegt adj (restricted as if with a crippling hamstring)
Latin
1 entries- suppernātus adj (restricted as if with a crippling hamstring)
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The hamstrung State environmental Protection Administration might get ministerial status.
Source: wiktionary
To be hamstrung is to be unable to do what you want to do, as in “the government is hamstrung by the strike.” Literally it is to be crippled because your hamstrings have been cut and you cannot bend your knee. The word ham arose in English […]
Source: wiktionary
Transport Minister Mulley, with just six months left in office before Harold Wilson's Labour government was toppled by Edward Heath's Conservatives, was hamstrung by inefficient working practices - although thankfully for him he did not have to answer to 2020-style media questioning over why slow decision-making allowed costs to escalate.
Source: wiktionary
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