Lack of money is a serious hindrance in their fight to conquer cancer.
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Hindrance
//ˈhɪndɹəns//
Synonyms for "hindrance" (145 found)
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Closest matches (29)
Strong matches (44)
Related words (72)
laglagginglegal restraintletliabilitylimitationlogjammonopolymoratoriumnegativismnuisance valueobstacleobstructionocclusionoppositionoverloadpaperasseriepausepreventionprohibition
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protectionprotectionismprotective tariffrationingred tapered-tapeismred-taperyreinrepressionreprieveresistancerespiterestraintrestraint of traderestrictionretardanceretardationretrenchmentself-controlsetbackshackleslow upslow-upslowdownslowing downslownesssnagsqueezestaystay of executionstopstoppagestrangleholdstricturesuppressionsuspensiontariff wallthought controltie uptie-uptime lagtrammelwait
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11 entriesRelated terms
1 entriesderived
1 entriesderived from
1 entriesis a
3 entriesrelated to
8 entriesTranslations
87 translations across 44 languages.
Albanian
1 entries- pengesë noun (something which hinders)
Ancient Greek
2 entries- κώλυμα noun (something which hinders)
- ἐγκοπή noun (something which hinders)
Aromanian
1 entries- cheadicã noun (something which hinders)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- əngəl noun (something which hinders)
Bulgarian
3 entries- препятствие noun (something which hinders)
- пречка noun (something which hinders)
- спънка noun (something which hinders)
Catalan
3 entries- entrebanc noun (something which hinders)
- nosa noun (something which hinders)
- obstacle noun (something which hinders)
Chinese Mandarin
3 entries- 阻力 noun (something which hinders)
- 阻礙 /阻碍 noun (something which hinders)
- 障礙 /障碍 noun (something which hinders)
Czech
1 entries- překážka noun (something which hinders)
Dutch
2 entries- hindernis noun (something which hinders)
- obstakel noun (something which hinders)
Esperanto
1 entries- malhelpo noun (something which hinders)
Finnish
2 entries- este noun (something which hinders)
- haitta noun (something which hinders)
French
2 entries- entrave noun (something which hinders)
- obstacle noun (something which hinders)
Galician
3 entries- estorbo noun (something which hinders)
- péga noun (something which hinders)
- traba noun (something which hinders)
Georgian
2 entries- დაბრკოლება noun (something which hinders)
- შეფერხება noun (something which hinders)
German
2 entries- Behinderung noun (something which hinders)
- Hindernis noun (something which hinders)
Gothic
1 entries- 𐌼𐌰𐍂𐌶𐌴𐌹𐌽𐍃 noun (something which hinders)
Greek
2 entries- εμπόδιο noun (something which hinders)
- κώλυμα noun (something which hinders)
Hebrew
1 entries- עַכָּבָה noun (something which hinders)
Hindi
3 entries- अड़चन noun (something which hinders)
- बाधा noun (something which hinders)
- विघ्न noun (something which hinders)
Hungarian
1 entries- akadály noun (something which hinders)
Icelandic
1 entries- hindrun noun (something which hinders)
Ido
2 entries- impedivo noun (something which hinders)
- impedo noun (something which hinders)
Indonesian
1 entries- halangan noun (something which hinders)
Ingrian
1 entries- esse noun (something which hinders)
Irish
1 entries- éaradh noun (something which hinders)
Italian
3 entries- impaccio noun (something which hinders)
- impedimento noun (something which hinders)
- ostacolo noun (something which hinders)
Japanese
3 entries- 妨害 noun (something which hinders)
- 支障 noun (something which hinders)
- 邪魔 noun (something which hinders)
Korean
1 entries- 방해 noun (something which hinders)
Latin
3 entries- impedīmentum noun (something which hinders)
- obiectus noun (something which hinders)
- ōbex noun (something which hinders)
Latvian
1 entries- šķērslis noun (something which hinders)
Malagasy
1 entries- sakana noun (something which hinders)
Māori
1 entries- whakararu noun (something which hinders)
Old English
1 entries- hremming noun (something which hinders)
Plautdietsch
1 entries- Hindaniss noun (something which hinders)
Polish
1 entries- przeszkoda noun (something which hinders)
Portuguese
4 entries- barreira noun (something which hinders)
- empecilho noun (something which hinders)
- entrave noun (something which hinders)
- estorvo noun (something which hinders)
Romanian
3 entries- impediment noun (something which hinders)
- obstacol noun (something which hinders)
- piedică noun (something which hinders)
Russian
2 entries- поме́ха noun (something which hinders)
- препя́тствие noun (something which hinders)
Scottish Gaelic
3 entries- amaladh noun (something which hinders)
- bacadh noun (something which hinders)
- èislean noun (something which hinders)
Sicilian
1 entries- mpidugghiu noun (something which hinders)
Spanish
4 entries- impedimento noun (something which hinders)
- obstáculo noun (something which hinders)
- rémora noun (something which hinders)
- traba noun (something which hinders)
Thai
3 entries- ขวากหนาม noun (something which hinders)
- มารผจญ noun (something which hinders)
- อุปสรรค noun (something which hinders)
Tocharian B
1 entries- pkante noun (something which hinders)
Vietnamese
2 entries- cản trở noun (something which hinders)
- vật cản noun (something which hinders)
Sample sentences
13 total sentences available.
If you're not motivated, go back home. You'll just be a hindrance.
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I'm just a hindrance.
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Some consider linguistic diversity a hindrance; I consider it precious.
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