encumbering
present participle ofencumber
encumber
verb[T]
formaluk/ɪnˈkʌm.bər/us/ɪnˈkʌm.bɚ/toweighsomeone or something down, or to make itdifficultfor someone to do something:
Today,thankfully, womentennisplayersare not encumberedwith/bylong,heavyskirtsand high-neckedblouses.
Synonym
constrain
Preventing and impeding
- anti-jamming
- avoid
- avoidable
- bar
- be a drag onsomeone/somethingidiom
- bottleneck
- derail
- fireproof
- hamper
- hang
- havesomeone/somethinghanging roundyourneckidiom
- head off
- hinder
- prejudice
- prevent
- preventable
- prevention
- prevention is better than cureidiom
- scuttle
- smother
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Causing difficulties for oneself or others
Examplesofencumbering
encumbering
In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
Studies of mouse vision require a reliable measure of retinal sensitivity withoutencumberingeffects of anesthesia.
From theCambridge English Corpus
It would therefore seem unnecessary for the accounts to be retained locallyencumberingthe warehouses of local authorities for a longer period than two years.
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One of the difficulties of agriculture since the last war has been the existence of a great deal of dead woodencumberingthe industry.
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But equally, we see no point inencumberingthe statute book with provisions which are not needed.
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We achieved the right balance by insisting on such assessments where they are relevant but withoutencumberingthe planning system by insisting on them in cases where they are not.
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What is equally important, however, is that the efficiency of financial supervision be enhanced withoutencumberingthe financial sector with an excessive supervisory burden or restricting competition.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
Markerless motion capture aims at simplifying the motion capture process by avoidingencumberingthe performer with markers.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.He criticized ostentatious, costly, andencumberingwomen's clothing, materialistic commercialism, and the wealthy class which monopolized society's economic resources.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.On this album, too, the songs all embrace a single subject: each tells a story about people who try to cope with an emotionalencumberingsituation.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Haley described the experience of wearing all of the prosthetics and make-up as prettyencumbering.
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- product-diversion
- project finance
- project-finance
- project financing
- project-financing
- projectile
- projectile vomit
- projectile-vomit
- projectile vomiting
- projectile-vomiting
- projecting
- projection
- projection booth
- projectionist
- projection neuron
- projection operator
- projection operator
- projection screen
- semigroup
- semi knocked-down
- semi-knocked-down
- semi-local
- semi-local
- semilunaris
- semilunar valve