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adjective

as in bound

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verb

past tense of fetter
1
as in tied
to confine or restrain with or as if with chains museum artifacts that serve as somber reminders of the days when slaves were fettered with irons

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2
as in hampered
to create difficulty for the work or activity of the belief that too many rules and restrictions fetter children's creativity

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Recent Examples of fettered
Verb
Perhaps capitalism can be appropriately fettered within the confines of a select few cities, inspiring a nonviolent, nationwide socialist revolution. — Idrees Kahloon, The Atlantic, 6 July 2026 While some players were able to weather that storm – defenseman Joel Edmundson played all 82 games for the first time in a career often fettered by injuries – others paid a price. — Andrew Knoll, Daily News, 30 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for fettered
  1. bound
  2. tied
  3. hampered
  4. captive
  5. impeded
  6. enslaved
  7. hindered
  8. subdued
Adjective
  • The team checked this directly by computing how much of each galaxy's baryon budget actually stayed bound to the system.
    — Paul Sutter, Space.com, 9 June 2026
  • To help calculate a lower bound, Erdős assumed that the points would be laid out in a grid.
    — ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 1 June 2026
Definition of bound
Verb
  • Allisha Gray tied her career high with 32 points to lead all scorers, while Angel Reese finished with another double-double, scoring 15 points and grabbing 14 rebounds.
    — Micahya Costen, AJC.com, 17 Aug. 2026
  • The MacBook Neo is inextricably tied to the iPhone Pro's release date.
    — Ewan Spence, Forbes.com, 16 Aug. 2026
Definition of tied
Verb
  • But the lack of a proper contest between bat and ball in Pakistani domestic first-class cricket has starved locals of that preparation time and hampered the development of genuine pace.
    — Ahsan Iftikhar Nagi, New York Times, 18 Aug. 2026
  • However, difficult weather conditions hampered the search in the following days, as the service wrote in a subsequent update.
    — Adam England, PEOPLE, 17 Aug. 2026
Definition of hampered
Adjective
  • Four Paws, the international animal-welfare organization overseeing the transfer, described it as one of the largest relocations of captive big cats in the world.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 14 Aug. 2026
  • Before the transfers began last month, the park housed 30 belugas and four dolphins, notably the last captive whales and dolphins in Canada.
    — Moná Thomas, PEOPLE, 14 Aug. 2026
Definition of captive
Verb
  • Limited fiber-optic coverage left consumers with slow connections, which impeded digital transactions and the delivery of valuable offerings.
    — Jim DeLoach, Forbes.com, 17 Aug. 2026
  • Yet the setting of so many of the sculptures against the wall impeded the kind of looking the works demand.
    — Ara H. Merjian, ARTnews.com, 16 Aug. 2026
Definition of impeded
Adjective
  • And the Hemings family was an enslaved family, an enslaved Black family on Monticello's plantation who - which included Sally Hemings, who was the daughter of Elizabeth Hemings and John Wayles.
    — Terry Gross, NPR, 14 Aug. 2026
  • Historian Jennifer Morgan similarly contends that enslaved women’s reproductive capacities were essential for the economic logic of hereditary racial slavery.
    — Kari Traylor, JSTOR Daily, 29 July 2026
Definition of enslaved
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  • Regulations still fail to properly safeguard community health, Alfaro said, especially for children whose development can be hindered after pesticide exposure.
    — Vince Basada, Sacbee.com, 15 Aug. 2026
  • But Oleh’s transition did more or less coincide with the Russian invasion, which has severely hindered his ability to live freely and openly at a time when men are expected to serve their country in the armed forces.
    — Guy Lodge, Variety, 8 Aug. 2026
Definition of hindered
Adjective
  • An uncharismatic leader is therefore more likely to appear restrained, flat, subdued, or low-energy.
    — Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026
  • However, daylight will feel very subdued with a noticeable dimming.
    — Jamie Carter, Space.com, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of subdued

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