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hindering

hindering

5.9
Causing delay or blocking progress
  • adjective
translation icon : obstructivo
  • The fallen tree was hindering access to the road, making it impassable.

But the, I think that most people are in like a hindered state of awareness.

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Examples

  • Heavy rains were hindering the construction work, causing it to be delayed.

  • Poor communication can be hindering team progress and efficiency.

  • Consistent, literally placing obstacles hindering you could say as well.

Synonyms

obstructive
vshindering
6 6.2

Making movement or progress difficult by blocking the way

is broader, causes delay or obstruction in various ways not only by blocking
impeding
vshindering
5.7

Making movement or progress slower and more difficult

focuses on causing delay or obstruction generally rather than only resistance
clogging
vshindering
4.6

Something that blocks the normal flow of liquid or traffic

can also mean causing slow delay and not only physical blockage
inhibitive
vshindering
7.5

That makes something difficult to do or slow to happen

is about causing delay or obstruction in visible movement or progress

Antonyms

566 3.2

Help something grow and become more successful

to facilitate
  • Formal
187 4.9

To make a task or process easier and help it happen

How Obstructive

to paralyzing
  • US
5.1
blocking
18 3.4
hindering
5.9
slowing
13 2.7

Surface Forms

hindering positive

Morphology

hindering = hinder (transparent) = hinder + ing

Formed from the verb 'hinder' with the productive adjectival/present-participle suffix '-ing', so the meaning 'causing obstruction' is directly derived.

Etymology

Hindering comes from the old word hind, which means 'back' or 'behind', the same idea you see in behind. So something hindering is like a force that holds you back from behind, causing delay or stopping progress.