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Definition of Hindrance
1. Noun. Something immaterial that interferes with or delays action or progress.
Generic synonyms: Difficulty
Specialized synonyms: Albatross, Millstone, Bind, Diriment Impediment, Drag, Obstacle, Obstruction, Straitjacket
Derivative terms: Deter, Deterrent, Handicap, Hinder, Impede
2. Noun. Any obstruction that impedes or is burdensome.
Specialized synonyms: Clog, Speed Bump
Generic synonyms: Impediment, Impedimenta, Obstructer, Obstruction, Obstructor
Derivative terms: Hinder, Preventive
3. Noun. The act of hindering or obstructing or impeding.
Generic synonyms: Act, Deed, Human Action, Human Activity
Specialized synonyms: Foiling, Frustration, Thwarting, Antagonism, Obstruction, Complication, Deterrence, Bar, Prevention
Derivative terms: Interfere
Definition of Hindrance
1. n. The act of hindering, or the state of being hindered.
Definition of Hindrance
1. Noun. Something which hinders: something that holds back or causes problems with something else. ¹
2. Noun. The state or act of hindering something ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Hindrance
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hindrance
Literary usage of Hindrance
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Botanical Gazette by University of Chicago, JSTOR (Organization) (1896)
"By use of Pfeffer's method of confining parts in plaster of Paris casts, the
author investigated the action resulting from mechanical hindrance of the ..."
2. The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. by James Boswell (1826)
"I am glad of your hindrance in your Spenserian design', yet I would not have it
delayed. Three hours a day stolen from sleep and amusement will produce it. ..."
3. Primitive Culture: Researches Into the Development of Mythology, Philosophy by Sir Edward Burnett Tylor (1891)
"... and Law — Religion— Action of the Science of Culture, as a means of furthering
progress and removing hindrance, effective in the course of Civilization. ..."
4. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Edward Aloysius Pace, Charles George Herbermann (1922)
"An irregularity, that is, a hindrance tP the recep- (Acta Ар. Sedis, 1919, p.
480). In answer to another which an ordinary cannot dispense, ..."
5. Journal of the American Medical Association by American Medical Association (1890)
"Our contemporary admits that we practically allow Frenchmen to practice in England
without let or hindrance, but says that we do so because the privilege is ..."
6. Critical Miscellanies by John Morley (1904)
"Yet we know that with Mr. Mill as with Turgot this deep distrust of sect was no
hindrance to the most careful systematisation of opinion and conduct. ..."
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