encumbered
- adjective
- /ɪnˈkʌmbərd/
:
cargado
- The hiker felt encumbered by the heavy backpack that made it difficult to climb the steep trail.
But how we're carrying it, you know, holding it like a baby, you know, or, you know, really encumbered by it.
- But how we're carrying it, you know, holding it like a baby, you know, or, you know, really encumbered by it.
- Part of it is that people are they're they're metabolically encumbered and they're distressed.
Examples
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She was encumbered by her many responsibilities, which left her little time for relaxation.
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That's what I'm passing on to as a soul, no longer as a soul encumbered with a body.
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Again, we should not, you should not feel encumbered to derive everything.
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People who are engaging in personal development can become preoccupied with them self and encumbered by themselves in that way.
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Yet also their encumbered sleepers groaned too fast and thought or death to be bestirred.
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Part of it is that people are they're they're metabolically encumbered and they're distressed.
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The fallen tree encumbered the road, forcing drivers to find an alternative route.
Synonyms
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4.5
Carrying heavy things or having serious worries that make you feel tired
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4.6
Having too much work or responsibility to manage
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5.3
Having more work, duties, or worry than you can handle
Carrying a heavy weight that makes moving slow or hard
Carrying a large load, for example snow on branches
Having an unwanted duty or problem you must deal with
Slow or difficult to move forward because something is in the way
Antonyms
How Burdened
Surface Forms
Morphology
encumbered = encumber (semi-transparent) = en + cumber + ed
The step from the verb 'encumber' to the adjective 'encumbered' is a straightforward past-participle/ adjective formation with '-ed'.
Etymology
Encumbered comes from an old root cumber meaning 'to burden' or 'to block', and you can see the same idea in the familiar word cumbersome. So to be encumbered is to be weighed down or held back, like carrying a heavy load that stops you moving easily.