roadblock
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3.9
- noun
- /ˈroʊdˌblɑk/
:
obstáculo
- Her lack of experience in the field posed a major roadblock to getting the promotion.
- encounter a roadblock
- run into a roadblock
- get around roadblocks
What would you say are the biggest technological roadblocks to full self driving?
- What would you say are the biggest technological roadblocks to full self driving?
- And these impulses are also roadblocks on the highway to happiness.
- However, let's not go so far so fast because the roadblocks here are, well, quite a few.
- And then he he runs into a few roadblocks here and there.
- Kevin McCarthy says Nancy Pelosi keeps making roadblocks higher.
- There are hurdles, there are roadblocks, there's drudgery, there's tedium, there's boredom.
- The whole idea is when you end up in a call it a roadblock or an impasse.
- But when they stop the brain finally, because it's been cleansed of the thing that's the roadblock to REM sleep.
- Optimism is about viewing every obstacle as an opportunity rather than as a roadblock.
- Not one of us have been thrown a bump, a roadblock, a speed bump.
- All of these things are preventing and classic roadblocks to sleep.
- Consider that this might be one of the roadblocks, all right?
Examples
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I have yet to meet a small business owner who doesn't see healthcare costs as a major roadblock to adding jobs.
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What would you say are the biggest technological roadblocks to full self driving?
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So to buy a, to be quite frank, the biggest roadblock has been my age.
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Where is the biggest roadblock to getting a person on Mars right now?
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We can see the embassy, but we're stuck behind the roadblock.
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You start, you get going through the process until something, some sort of roadblock hits you and it shatters your dream.
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For example, students determine that fog will be a possible roadblock while traveling through the Blue Ridge Mountains.
Academic text (2008) -
We hit a roadblock.
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First, the United States faced the unyielding roadblock of Batista himself.
Academic text (2014) -
The Posse Comitatus Act might be a possible roadblock to decisive federal action.
Academic text (1998)
Synonyms
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5.1
A situation that stops progress or makes it hard to continue
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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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3.6
A problem that delays progress or makes things worse
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3.8
An obstacle or problem you must overcome
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7.0
Something that stops or slows progress
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4.1
Something that blocks a pipe or blood vessel and stops flow
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4.1
A problem you cannot get past
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5.7
A thing that makes it difficult to do something, like an injury or traffic
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4.4
A problem that stops progress or makes moving forward difficult
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5.9
An unexpected problem that stops progress in a plan or process
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7.5
A situation where talks or plans cannot move forward because of a big problem
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3.2
A problem that slows progress in a project
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3.9
Something that stops a project or work from moving forward
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6.6
A serious problem that stops a plan, product, or event from going ahead
Something that makes progress slow or difficult
A sudden problem that stops plans from happening
A sudden problem that stops progress and causes delay
An object that blocks a path or movement
A block that keeps a vehicle from moving past the end of a track
Antonyms
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Morphology
Etymology
Roadblock comes from the simple parts road (the 'street') and block (to 'stop' or a barrier), so a real roadblock stops traffic and the word now means any obstacle that stops progress.