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encumbered::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
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a summer resort...encumbered with great clapboard-and-stucco hotels.
a hiker encumbered with a heavy backpack.
an encumbered estate.
Examples of encumbered
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The winners in the world are nations that are less encumbered by mental illness.
From the economist.com
Let it not be said that right-wing bloggers are encumbered by a sense of humor.
From the dispatchpolitics.com
But the Bush administration did not want to be encumbered by a formal alliance.
From the economist.com
If I'm relaxing in a hotel room I don't want to be encumbered by headphones.
From the dailymail.co.uk
We have encumbered our children's future with a level of debt that is mind-boggling.
From the ocregister.com
Darius Morris seemed the only Wolverine not encumbered by lackluster play.
From the kentucky.com
Like most rights, it is encumbered when it conflicts with the rights of other people.
From the dispatchpolitics.com
And a second term incumbent has to be better than a first term encumbered.
From the economist.com
The same buyer who would have bought the property if it wasn't encumbered.
From the orlandosentinel.com
- Restrain: hold back
- (encumbered) loaded to excess or impeded by a heavy load; "a summer resort...encumbered with great clapboard-and-stucco hotels"- A.J.Liebling; "a hiker encumbered with a heavy backpack"; "an encumbered estate"
- To load down something with a burden; to restrict or block something with a hindrance or impediment; to add a legal claim or other obligation
- (encumbered) Weighted down, loaded sufficiently to make slow
- (Encumbered) to reserve, set aside, or otherwise earmark the impact fees by contract to pay for commitments, contractual obligations, or other liabilities incurred for public facilities as set out in an adopted Capital Facilities Plan.
- (encumbered) A List is consider encumbered if others are pointing to it with potential intent to update it further, of if the others would freak if the list were further updated. Encumbered Lists need to to be cloned before passing them on the break the encumbrances.
- (encumbered) In governmental accounting, the estimated cost of a purchase is often subtracted from the appropriation even before the goods or services are delivered. That is, the estimated amount is subtracted when order. The purpose is to prevent overspending vis a vis the appropriation.
- To burden a parcel of land with a lien or charge, e.g., a mortgage.
- The act of burdening a Pinelands Development Credit with a financial liability, such as pledging a PDC as security or collateral for a loan.
