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adjective

as in hindered

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interfered (with)

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verb

past tense of interfere (with)
as in hampered
to create difficulty for the work or activity of claims that the countless federal regulations interfere with his business and are of no benefit to anyone

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for interfered (with)
  1. impassable
  2. hampered
  3. impeded
  4. hindered
  5. embarrassed
  6. tied up
  7. obstructed
  8. handicapped
Adjective
  • As of Monday morning, the Escondida bridge remains closed and impassable.
    — Jennifer McRae, CBS News, 2 Nov. 2026
  • With these blue collar parents’ grade-school-age son a tangibly quiet presence, a seemingly impassable unhappiness oozes from the opening scenes.
    — Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of impassable
Verb
  • Along with declines at Showtime, the BET+ integration hampered total DTC growth by 6%.
    — Dade Hayes, Deadline, 9 Nov. 2026
  • In October too, Ukraine’s ability to use Starshield, a military-grade version of Elon Musk’s Starlink service that is critical to its military operations, was hampered when speed limits were imposed on the satellite terminals.
    — Billy Stockwell, CNN Money, 9 Nov. 2026
Definition of hampered
Verb
  • Ukraine accused Washington of delaying the delivery of vital interceptor missiles and reported that a temporary disruption to the Starlink and Starshield satellite internet service impeded its ability to defend against Russian attacks.
    — Jill Lawless, Los Angeles Times, 4 Nov. 2026
  • The rangers moved the man off the glacier and made multiple attempts to airlift the man off the mountain, but rescue efforts were impeded by inclement weather.
    — Tim Fang, CBS News, 22 Oct. 2026
Definition of impeded
Verb
  • Staff say that the sanctions have not hindered the court’s work, but this seems improbable.
    — The Week UK, TheWeek, 8 Nov. 2026
  • If anything, the faux pas helped rather than hindered Weathers in booking the job.
    — Jack Smart, PEOPLE, 6 Nov. 2026
Definition of hindered
Verb
  • Many of rock’s ersatz Nazis were, like Bowie, subsequently embarrassed by their behavior.
    — Alex Ross, New Yorker, 12 Nov. 2026
  • In 2023, the Wildcats embarrassed TCU in a 41-3 defeat and there was also the agonizing 31-28 overtime loss to the Wildcats in the Big 12 championship.
    — Steven Johnson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 11 Nov. 2026
Definition of embarrassed
Verb
  • Milei has refused to implement it, and the fight is tied up in court.
    — Isabel Debre, Los Angeles Times, 9 Nov. 2026
  • With fewer bankable names in Hollywood — at least in terms of being sure things to open a movie theatrically — and with most still being tied up in series and studio projects, that brings us back to the surge in genre.
    — Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 9 Nov. 2026
Definition of tied up
Verb
  • The construction of Terminal B also partially obstructed air traffic controllers’ views of two taxiways.
    — Madison Smalstig, Sacbee.com, 3 Nov. 2026
  • The technology helps robots manipulate objects and navigate around obstacles using touch, including when visual information is unavailable or obstructed.
    — Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 19 Oct. 2026
Definition of obstructed
Verb
  • The team’s fast rookie was handicapped by a 20-place grid penalty for changing power unit components in the lead-up to qualifying, and his teammate Nico Hulkenberg made a poor start and lost five places at the beginning of the race.
    — Jonathan M. Gitlin, ArsTechnica, 26 Oct. 2026
  • The Falcons are playing with their fourth-string quarterback, Steelers QB Aaron Rodgers is closing in on retirement and the Dolphins are handicapped by the largest dead-cap hit in NFL history.
    — Saad Yousuf, New York Times, 21 Sep. 2026
Definition of handicapped
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