impediment
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- noun
- /ɪmˈpɛdɪmənt/
- Low starting salaries were a serious impediment to recruiting and keeping good people.
- an impediment to growth
- a significant impediment
- a serious impediment
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Watch on YouTubeLike, what are the impediments to really scaling that?
- Like, what are the impediments to really scaling that?
- And that's, I think the simply fear is the number one impediment to people going for their dreams.
- So children cry quite often, and they cry when they encounter an impediment that they can't surmount.
- So how are people working around these sort of impediments to get to where they need to be?
- I see patients whose own story, whose own narrative is partly an impediment to their actions.
- He's just tired and sick and disgusted with the the impediments that have been put in his way.
- You've really, really got to make sure that you don't let that be one more impediment in your journey.
- That inability to be vulnerable secondary to shame is a major impediment in therapy with narcissistic clients.
- I forget who said this, but gosh, she she's there's a writer and she said the greatest impediment to creativity is distraction.
- I was vice chairman and I was running for office and I wanted to, and I have a speech impediment, as you all know now.
- Well, if you're a strict constructionist, Adam, that would be construed as an impediment on your, the expression of your right to bear arms.
- So from this speech impediment, it's just easier not to speak a lot in my circumstances.
Examples
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In practical terms, there are many impediments to free and fair trade between nations.
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But there would be significant impediments to proceeding against the federal government.
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The first impediment is in the research design of many studies.
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In fact, probably the biggest impediment to this development is the falling cost of fuel.
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Each was a serious impediment to an evenhanded and effective operation of the criminal justice system.
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Insufficient time was the most commonly cited impediment to the delivery of PE programs.
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The social and economic differences among denominations and within congregations were another impediment to effective political action.
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So children cry quite often, and they cry when they encounter an impediment that they can't surmount.
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But in addition to mental barriers, there are logistical impediments too, some small, some big.
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The heavy rain became a major impediment to our outdoor plans for the weekend.
Synonyms
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3.4
A thing or problem that makes it hard to reach a goal
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3.7
Something that stops or makes it hard to make progress
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4.8
Something that stops or slows progress and makes a task hard
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3.4
Something that stops or controls another thing
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Something that makes people less likely to do something, often by fear of punishment
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A problem that stops progress or makes a goal hard to reach
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A thing that makes it difficult to do something, like an injury or traffic
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4.1
Something that makes it harder for someone to succeed or progress
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A problem that stops progress or makes moving forward difficult
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A thing that makes people less likely to do something
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A problem that slows progress in a project
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Something that makes life or an activity harder
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An unexpected problem that stops progress in a plan or process
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Something that stops a project or work from moving forward
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Something that stops or slows progress
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Something that makes progress slow or difficult
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Something that makes a task or journey harder
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A sudden problem that stops progress and causes delay
An object that blocks a path or movement
Antonyms
Compounds
- Formal
A legal problem that makes a marriage not valid, for example a previous marriage or close blood relative
How Obstructive
Surface Forms
Morphology
impediment = pediment (opaque) = im + ped + ment
The word 'impediment' is derived from Latin 'impedimentum', where 'im-' is a prefix and 'ped' relates to 'foot', but the meaning has shifted significantly over time.
Etymology
Impediment comes from Latin parts in- and ped-, where ped- means 'foot' and the old idea was to put a chain on someone's feet to stop them moving. So an impediment is anything that 'holds back' movement or makes progress slow.