Definition of Hampering

1. Verb. (present participle of hamper) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Hampering

1. hamper [v] - See also: hamper

Lexicographical Neighbors of Hampering

hammochrysos
hammock
hammock bandage
hammock ligament
hammocked
hammocking
hammocklike
hammocks
hammy
hamose
hamous
hamper
hampered
hamperer
hamperers
hampering (current term)
hampers
hampster
hampsters
hampton hump
hams
hams up
hamsa
hamsandwich
hamsas
hamshackle
hamster
hamster wheel
hamsterlike

Literary usage of Hampering

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Cycle of Adams Letters, 1861-1865 by Charles Francis Adams, Henry Adams (1920)
"Here will be three means of hampering European attempts: the slavery question, the boundary question, and the Mississippi; and it is the slavery question ..."

2. China and the Allies by Arnold Henry Savage Landor (1901)
"... in obtaining an Imperial audience—hampering formalities—A conference on the flag-ship Centurion—Sir Claude MacDonald's discretion left unfettered by his ..."

3. Principles of Ocean Transportation by Emory Richard Johnson, Grover Gerhardt Huebner (1918)
"hampering legislation, 416. Aid to coastwise marine, 417; and to shipbuilding industry, 418. Present policy regarding merchant marine in foreign trade, 419. ..."

4. The White Man in Nigeria by George Douglas Hazzledine (1904)
"False accusations against the Administration—French and English methods compared—Vital circumstances favouring the English and hampering the French—Six ..."

5. King Philip's War: Based on the Archives and Records of Massachusetts by George William Ellis, John Emery Morris (1906)
"The campaign in the Connecticut Valley had been a disastrous failure through lack of harmony, hampering commands from the Council and commissioners, ..."

6. King Philip's War: Based on the Archives and Records of Massachusetts by George William Ellis, John Emery Morris (1906)
"The campaign in the Connecticut Valley had been a disastrous failure through lack of harmony, hampering commands from the Council and commissioners, ..."

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