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1
not producing the desired result
- several hamstrung attempts to reorganize the local parent-teacher association were made
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2
unable to act or achieve one's purpose
- hamstrung by recent congressional limitations on executive power, the president can do little in this situation
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- authoritarian,
- autocratic
- (also autocratical),
- despotic,
- dictatorial,
- magisterial,
- tyrannical
- (also tyrannic)
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hamstrung
verb
past tense of hamstring
Synonyms & Antonyms of hamstrung (Entry 2 of 2)
to render powerless, ineffective, or unable to move
- the downtown development committee claims that it's hamstrung by city ordinances protecting historic buildings
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“Hamstrung.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hamstrung. Accessed 17 Sep. 2021.
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