Verb
The project was hampered by budget restraints.
Construction is hampering traffic on the highway.
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Verb
California’s greater reliance on sectors such as real estate that are highly sensitive to interest rates for financing and investing has hampered the state.—Don Lee, Los Angeles Times, 19 Apr. 2024 Coordinating aid deliveries is further hampered by internal conflicts within the UN and by tensions between the UN and Israel.—Shira Efron, Foreign Affairs, 15 Apr. 2024 See all Example Sentences for hamper
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Word History
Etymology
Verb
Middle English
Noun
Middle English hamper, hanaper, literally, case to hold goblets, from Anglo-French hanaper, from hanap goblet, of Germanic origin; akin to Old English hnæpp bowl
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