impediment
51
7.0
- noun
- /ɪmˈpɛdɪmənt/
:
obstáculo
- Low starting salaries were a serious impediment to recruiting and keeping good people.
- an impediment to growth
- a significant impediment
- a serious impediment
Like, 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
-
In practical terms, there are many impediments to free and fair trade between nations.
Academic text (1991) -
But there would be significant impediments to proceeding against the federal government.
Academic text (2017) -
The first impediment is in the research design of many studies.
-
In fact, probably the biggest impediment to this development is the falling cost of fuel.
-
Each was a serious impediment to an evenhanded and effective operation of the criminal justice system.
Academic text (2017) -
Insufficient time was the most commonly cited impediment to the delivery of PE programs.
Academic text (2008) -
The social and economic differences among denominations and within congregations were another impediment to effective political action.
Academic text (1999) -
So children cry quite often, and they cry when they encounter an impediment that they can't surmount.
-
But in addition to mental barriers, there are logistical impediments too, some small, some big.
Academic text (2011) -
The heavy rain became a major impediment to our outdoor plans for the weekend.
Synonyms
343
3.4
A thing or problem that makes it hard to reach a goal
309
3.7
Something that stops or makes it hard to make progress
222
4.8
Something that stops or slows progress and makes a task hard
218
3.4
Something that stops or controls another thing
66
6.6
Something that makes people less likely to do something, often by fear of punishment
50
3.9
A problem that stops progress or makes a goal hard to reach
21
5.7
A thing that makes it difficult to do something, like an injury or traffic
18
4.4
A problem that stops progress or makes moving forward difficult
17
4.1
Something that makes it harder for someone to succeed or progress
16
5.9
An unexpected problem that stops progress in a plan or process
12
7.2
A thing that makes people less likely to do something
5
3.2
A problem that slows progress in a project
2
8.1
Something that makes life or an activity harder
1
3.9
Something that stops a project or work from moving forward
Something that makes progress slow or difficult
An object that blocks a path or movement
A sudden problem that stops progress and causes delay
Something that stops or slows progress
Something that makes a task or journey harder
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.