as in impeded
to create difficulty for the work or activity of
fallen branches hampered the hikers as they made their way along the narrow path
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Recent Examples of hampered
Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 25 Oct. 2025
Laboratory testing capacities at the CDC and expert guidance to analyze local trends may also be hampered during the shutdown, experts say.
—Deidre McPhillips, CNN Money, 22 Oct. 2025
In addition to being hampered by a complex and deadly security landscape, Haiti’s ruling transition has also been dogged by corruption allegations, which have undermined its efforts to return the country to constitutional order.
—Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 22 Oct. 2025
Instead of growth being hampered by tariffs, China reported this morning its economy is expanding faster than many expected.
—Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 20 Oct. 2025
The Big Story The Interior Department is eyeing staff cuts, although its plan is being partially hampered by a recent court order.
—Rachel Frazin, The Hill, 17 Oct. 2025
Pitching without discomfort from the thumb, back and neck issues that hampered him at various points during the regular season.
—Ken Rosenthal, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2025
While our study dating back to 1984 found that certain environmental contaminants induce T cells that suppress the immune system, further study on such cells was hampered by an inability in the field at large to isolate and characterize these cells.
—Mitzi Nagarkatti, The Conversation, 10 Oct. 2025
Stephanie Lulay, executive editor and cofounder of Block Club Chicago, said the newsroom’s coverage of the protests has been hampered.
—Robert Alexander, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Oct. 2025
Adjective
Scalability is also hampered by using hazardous, non-recyclable solvents in many processes.
—Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 25 Oct. 2025
Laboratory testing capacities at the CDC and expert guidance to analyze local trends may also be hampered during the shutdown, experts say.
—Deidre McPhillips, CNN Money, 22 Oct. 2025
In addition to being hampered by a complex and deadly security landscape, Haiti’s ruling transition has also been dogged by corruption allegations, which have undermined its efforts to return the country to constitutional order.
—Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 22 Oct. 2025
Instead of growth being hampered by tariffs, China reported this morning its economy is expanding faster than many expected.
—Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 20 Oct. 2025
The Big Story The Interior Department is eyeing staff cuts, although its plan is being partially hampered by a recent court order.
—Rachel Frazin, The Hill, 17 Oct. 2025
Pitching without discomfort from the thumb, back and neck issues that hampered him at various points during the regular season.
—Ken Rosenthal, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2025
While our study dating back to 1984 found that certain environmental contaminants induce T cells that suppress the immune system, further study on such cells was hampered by an inability in the field at large to isolate and characterize these cells.
—Mitzi Nagarkatti, The Conversation, 10 Oct. 2025
Stephanie Lulay, executive editor and cofounder of Block Club Chicago, said the newsroom’s coverage of the protests has been hampered.
—Robert Alexander, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hampered
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Singapore is vulnerable if its sea lines of communication are hindered, as 90 percent of its food is imported and most arrives by sea.—
Ryan Chan,
MSNBC Newsweek,
22 Oct. 2025
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Kim and her teammates were initially hindered by visual noise coming from Earth’s atmosphere.—
Andrew Paul,
Popular Science,
22 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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This concentration of energy creates a tiny, controlled burn that interrupts the faulty circuit causing the tremor.—
Charlotte Observer,
Charlotte Observer,
2 Oct. 2025
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One fire expert said officials should approach policy changes carefully because controlled burns are still critical to forest health.—
Brandon Loomis,
AZCentral.com,
15 July 2025
Verb
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Gaza desperately needs items that the Israeli government has frequently impeded, such as emergency shelter supplies, infrastructure reconstruction materials, medical supplies, fuel, and power generation.—
Jeremy Konyndyk,
Foreign Affairs,
23 Oct. 2025
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The Charges The obstruction charge centers on allegations that Comey directed subordinates to remove or conceal those memos from FBI systems after his dismissal in May 2017, actions prosecutors claim impeded a lawful investigation into the unauthorized disclosure of classified material.—
Robert Alexander,
MSNBC Newsweek,
21 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Yet this claim conceals the fact that registration is swift for compliant unions but obstructed for independent ones.—
Sourcing Journal,
Sourcing Journal,
15 Oct. 2025
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What To Know DHS issued a statement claiming that Retes became violent, refused to comply with officers and obstructed their path, leading to his arrest for assault.—
Billal Rahman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
13 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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The project pushed beyond academic theory, relying on low-power computing and low-resolution cameras to prove that AI could run efficiently even in constrained environments.—
Matt Emma,
USA Today,
10 Oct. 2025
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Without both, the promise of inclusive finance may well remain constrained.—
Felicia Jackson,
Forbes.com,
29 Aug. 2025
Verb
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French authorities have arrested several suspects after a frantic manhunt for the men who staged a spectacular daytime heist at the Louvre museum that gripped the world and embarrassed the government in Paris.—
Jason Ma,
Fortune,
26 Oct. 2025
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The Revolution provided a brief scare through a 59th-minute goal from Dor Turgeman, who embarrassed a defender before curling home a spectacular effort, but Inter Miami broke the tie almost immediately after the strike that made the score 2-1.—
Franco Panizo,
Miami Herald,
5 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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The same restrained values of democracy have always marked the White House—a stately house, but not an imperial one.—
Adam Gopnik,
New Yorker,
25 Oct. 2025
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Cooper—director of pictures like Crazy Heart, Hostiles, and most recently The Pale Blue Eye—makes sure the proceedings are always restrained and respectful.—
Stephanie Zacharek,
Time,
24 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Also, of course, I am handicapped by knowing that this couldn’t be printed in the foreseeable future, and by the fact that contemplation of this material has become painful.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
21 Oct. 2025
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Without the Mountain View gate, the nearest entrance to North Beach is from a steep stairway that is not handicapped accessible from Ocean Street at Rue Des Chateaux.—
Phil Diehl,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
15 Oct. 2025
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“Hampered.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hampered. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.
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