hamperedadj.
/ˈhampəd/ Fettered, entangled, impeded, encumbered, embarrassed: see the verb.
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the world > action or operation > difficulty > hindrance > restriction of free action > [adjective] > restricted in free action
coarctc1420
shackledc1440
coarcteda1500
haltered?1510
catesnd1566
straited1581
immurate1593
chained1613
hampered1633
muzzled1647
throttled1677
tethereda1680
fetlocked1725
strangled1813
trammelled1813
spancelled1835
iron-bound1850
cabined1853
manacled1861
vaulted1863
tied1876
strait-jacketed1894
the world > action or operation > difficulty > hindrance > types or manners of hindrance > [adjective] > encumbering > encumbered
pestered1567
cloyed1599
hampered1633
encumbered1785
landed1866
society > authority > subjection > restraint or restraining > restriction or limitation > [adjective] > restricted or limited > in free action
coarctc1420
shackledc1440
coarcteda1500
haltered?1510
catesnd1566
straited1581
chained1613
hampered1633
muzzled1647
tethereda1680
fetlocked1725
strangled1813
trammelled1813
spancelled1835
iron-bound1850
cabined1853
manacled1861
vaulted1863
tied1876
strait-jacketed1894
1633 G. Herbert Home in Temple xi As an entangled, hamper'd thing.
1635 F. Quarles Emblemes iii. xv. 182 These fleshly fetters, that so fast involve My hampred soule.
1890 ‘R. Boldrewood’ Colonial Reformer (1891) 108 A toiling owner of a small station, a hampered purchaser of a larger one.
Derivatives
ˈhamperedly adv.
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the world > action or operation > difficulty > hindrance > restriction of free action > [adverb]
hamperedly1837
society > authority > subjection > restraint or restraining > restriction or limitation > [adverb] > of free action
hamperedly1837
1837 T. Carlyle in London & Westm. Rev. Jan. 427 Count de Mirabeau ‘rides in the garden of forty paces’; with quick turns, hamperedly.
ˈhamperedness n.
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the world > action or operation > difficulty > hindrance > restriction of free action > [noun] > state of
bindingc1380
bondage1609
fetteredness1656
hamperedness1831
society > authority > subjection > restraint or restraining > restriction or limitation > [noun] > of free action > state of
bindingc1380
bondage1609
fetteredness1656
hamperedness1831
1831 T. Carlyle Let. 20 Oct. in Coll. Lett. T. & J. W. Carlyle (1977) VI. 23 The worst thing about our establishment is its hamperedness.
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