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| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | handicap, hinder |
| Type of | disadvantage, disfavor, disfavour |
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | basket, handbasket |
| Has types | clothes basket, laundry basket, food hamper, voider, clothes hamper |
Examples of hamper
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The area received quite a bit of snow this past week, which could hamper access.
From the sacbee.com
Applying a magnetic field to the brain seems to hamper our ability to tell lies.
From the newscientist.com
For starters, he was favoring the foot a bit, but that didn't really hamper him.
From the bostonherald.com
The Saudis claimed the step was necessary to hamper communication by terrorists.
From the newscientist.com
Irresponsible practices not only spread misinformation but also hamper progress.
From the businessweek.com
Hein showed off how she squats to retrieve each item of laundry from the hamper.
From the courier-journal.com
He pulled a muscle during his sophomore track season to hamper his performances.
From the orlandosentinel.com
Some have feared the delay in releasing the reports would hamper that timeframe.
From the dailyherald.com
More political instability will also hamper other efforts to attract investment.
From the economist.com
- Prevent the progress or free movement of; "He was hampered in his efforts by the bad weather"; "the imperialist nation wanted to strangle the free trade between the two small countries"
- Shackle: a restraint that confines or restricts freedom (especially something used to tie down or restrain a prisoner)
- A basket usually with a cover
- Handicap: put at a disadvantage; "The brace I have to wear is hindering my movements"
- A hamper is a primarily British term for a wicker basket, usually large, that is used for the transport of items, often food.
- (hampered) impeded or encumbered as if chained or fettered
- (HAMPERS) Upright boxes sometimes including a bucket.
- (noun) hand basket, such as a picnic basket. The term is used more generally to designate a package of any sort that contains a food assortment, particularly as a gift. A Christmas hamper is a package containing all the makings for a Christmas dinner.
- In 20th-century and later architecture, a visually distinct topmost storey or storeys.
