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hindrance

[ hin-druhns ]

/ ˈhɪn drəns /

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noun

an impeding, stopping, preventing, or the like.

the state of being hindered.

a person or thing that hinders.

Origin of hindrance

First recorded in 1400–50, hindrance is from the late Middle English word hinderaunce. See hinder¹, -ance

SYNONYMS FOR hindrance

3 impediment, encumbrance, obstruction, check; restraint. See obstacle.

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ANTONYMS FOR hindrance

3 aid.

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Words nearby hindrance

hindmost, hindoo, hindooism, hindoostani, hindquarter, hindrance, hindsight, hindu, hindu calendar, hindu kush, hindu-arabic numeral

Example sentences from the Web for hindrance

Jim Kessler with Third Way, a centrist Democratic group, describes it as “getting out of the way…more service than hindrance.”

Is Hillary Ditching Senate Dems? |Eleanor Clift |February 11, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
In the long run, was the Warren Commission a help, a hindrance, or some of both?

Hugh Aynesworth Has Spent His Career Debunking JFK Conspiracy Theories |Malcolm Jones |November 22, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
As Romney learned the hard way, titans of finance can be more of a hindrance than a help.

How Chris Christie Can Win in 2016 |Lloyd Green |November 18, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
As for his first name, Oliver, it meant “sky-lantern,” moonlight as a hindrance to crime.

What’s in a Name? Writers and Their Anthroponymy |Anthony Paletta |February 28, 2013 |DAILY BEAST

At some point, it became clear to me that Twitter was becoming more of a hindrance than a help.

This is Why Twitter Can Be Terrible |Justin Green |January 30, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
There were no collections, nor any hindrance for lack of funds.

Women of Early Christianity |Alfred Brittain
There was only one hindrance: that I seemed not to know any of the people he and his wife had known.

The Real Thing and Other Tales |Henry James
She would be no let or hindrance to their piety; but they must ask her no awkward questions.

Phantom Fortune, A Novel |M. E. Braddon
It thus comes about that what we call religion is frequently a hindrance to the rhythm of the apex-thought.

The Complex Vision |John Cowper Powys
The open Pacific offers no hindrance to safe navigation, except an occasional heavy gale.

His Unknown Wife |Louis Tracy

British Dictionary definitions for hindrance

hindrance

/ (ˈhɪndrəns) /

noun

an obstruction or snag; impediment

the act of hindering; prevention