encumbrance
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8.1
- noun
- /ɪnˈkʌmbrəns/
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carga
- For many businesses, heavy regulations are an encumbrance that limits growth and innovation.
The way it looks smooth and shapely without any fleshy encumbrance, the way it feels clean and the and the way it works reducing premature ejaculation.
- The way it looks smooth and shapely without any fleshy encumbrance, the way it feels clean and the and the way it works reducing premature ejaculation.
Examples
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Patients and physicians alike have found the system to be user-friendly, without the encumbrances of paper-based systems.
Academic text (2003) -
Austin was once fierce in his defence of it, and now it seems an encumbrance to be easily put aside!
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Yet for the further development of a serious film culture, America had become an encumbrance.
Academic text (1990) -
And for sure, human presence is always going to be viewed as kind of a threat, as as an encumbrance to others.
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Then again, some of our best agents excel because they have no family encumbrance.
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All the while, other countries that do not suffer from such encumbrances have been more quickly funding projects, selling weapons, and building relationships.
Academic text (2010) -
And then you're free from the encumbrances of the outside world.
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There is the constant danger that church agencies, especially those relying on government funds, may feel that their religious identity is a burden and an encumbrance.
Academic text (2007) -
He was irritated by guards whom he looked upon as an unnecessary encumbrance.
Academic text (2015) -
He wanted to pursue his career without encumbrances, and he wanted her to be free to pursue hers too.
Fiction book (1991)
Synonyms
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2.4
A hard part of a task that needs extra effort or is not easy to understand
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3.4
A thing or problem that makes it hard to reach a goal
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4.8
Something that stops or slows progress and makes a task hard
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4.1
Getting involved in a situation in a way that stops or slows progress
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4.1
A heavy burden of worry or responsibility
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7.0
Something that stops or slows progress
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5.7
A thing that makes it difficult to do something, like an injury or traffic
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7.9
A difficult duty or burden someone must deal with
Something that makes a task or journey harder
Antonyms
How Burdensome
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Encumbrance comes from old words made of en- 'in' and cumber 'to block' or 'to weigh down'. The same root is in cumbersome, so an encumbrance is something that gets in the way or makes progress or life harder.