hindrance
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5.7
- noun
- /ˈhɪndrəns/
- Traffic congestion can be a serious hindrance when trying to reach the airport on time.
- a hindrance than a help
- major hindrance
- hindrance to development
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Watch on YouTubeIn fact, it's a hindrance in your awakening.
- In fact, it's a hindrance in your awakening.
- He says, you know, the the goal is to act without hindrance in choice and in aversion.
- Not saying colour was a hindrance for some in the early days in rich areas.
- It's going straight from soul coming out with no hindrances along the way.
- It can be felt by you as a hindrance or as a hurdle.
- And it's obvious that driver sensing is not a hindrance.
- That can be, that can be a big fucking hindrance to to recovery.
- Nobody uses class analysis to wonder whether the class structures in both of them are hindrances or problems.
- It's still a major hindrance on finding my next career and where that's going to go.
- Don't think about doing that because it's it can be a a huge hindrance regarding your progress in your filmmaking career.
- I think one of the main hindrances, I would call it like this.
Examples
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The principal tries to avoid hindrances and negative results by moving forward to the new and the unique.
Academic text (1996) -
Respondents were asked to identify possible hindrances to providing orientation and mobility instruction to public school students.
Academic text (1990) -
Large print may also be more of a hindrance than a help to them.
Academic text (1995) -
I wish I could help, but I can only be a hindrance.
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It's still a major hindrance on finding my next career and where that's going to go.
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They started seeing Mexican working class people as a hindrance to the economic development of their nation.
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Communication was extremely difficult due to the lack of roads and the hindrance of big rivers and glaciers.
Academic text (1995) -
These are all things that are potentially hindrances to actually experiencing the spiritual.
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On the eve of the Civil War, transportation was a significant hindrance to a thriving horticulture in Georgia.
Academic text (2015) -
Missionaries saw Samoan exchange customs as a major hindrance to their work.
Academic text (1991)
Synonyms
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3.4
A thing or problem that makes it hard to reach a goal
236
3.7
Something that stops or makes it hard to make progress
149
4.1
Getting involved in a situation in a way that stops or slows progress
142
4.8
Something that stops or slows progress and makes a task hard
113
3.4
Something that stops or controls another thing
59
6.6
Something that makes people less likely to do something, often by fear of punishment
49
7.0
Something that stops or slows progress
43
4.2
A small problem that causes a delay
32
3.9
A problem that stops progress or makes a goal hard to reach
20
4.1
Something that makes it harder for someone to succeed or progress
20
4.4
A problem that stops progress or makes moving forward difficult
4
8.1
Something that makes life or an activity harder
1
7.5
Stopping someone from doing what they planned
1
3.9
Something that stops a project or work from moving forward
1
8.2
Something that stops or slows progress
1
7.1
Something that makes progress slow or difficult
1
9.9
Something that makes a task or journey harder
Antonyms
How Obstructive
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6.0
172
2.8
21
5.7
49
7.0
615
2.4
98
4.3
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word hindrance comes from the old English root hind, meaning 'back', the same root you see in behind and hinder. So a hindrance is something that 'holds you back' or makes it harder to do something.