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impediment::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | impedimenta, obstructer, obstruction, obstructor |
| Type of | structure, construction |
| Has types | barrier, block, blockade, blockage, closure, tumbler, bar, hitch, incumbrance, interference, obstacle, occlusion, preventative, preventive, stop, stoppage, encumbrance, hinderance, hindrance |
| Derivation | impede |
impediment::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | balk, baulk, check, deterrent, handicap, hinderance, hindrance |
| Type of | difficulty |
| Has types | diriment impediment, drag, millstone, obstacle, straitjacket, obstruction, bind, albatross |
| Derivation | impede |
Examples of impediment
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Do you think that's an impediment or an opportunity for the public cloud market?
From the theaustralian.com.au
Tradition could sometimes be the greatest impediment to a go-getter like Caesar.
From the chron.com
Scarcity of resources is not an impediment but an enabler for frugal innovation.
From the economist.com
Each impediment played a part in Firestorm 2003, particularly in the Cedar fire.
From the signonsandiego.com
On the other hand, there is no impediment to starting up a new opposition party.
From the guardian.co.uk
The decline in lending is emerging as a serious impediment to economic recovery.
From the washingtonpost.com
Hyundai hopes it will remove an impediment to getting reluctant customers to buy.
From the freep.com
To their detractors, the horns are a maddening impediment and should be banned.
From the thisislondon.co.uk
Initially, this pressure only makes the king's speech impediment more pronounced.
From the usatoday.com
- Hindrance: something immaterial that interferes with or delays action or progress
- Obstruction: any structure that makes progress difficult
- An obstacle, or barrier, is an object, thing, action or situation that causes an obstruction, forms a barrier, creates a difficulty, a nuisance or a disorder to achieve concrete goals. ...
- A hindrance; that which impedes or hinders progress; Baggage, especially that of an army; impedimenta
- Loose debris that can be moved aside and away from your ball.
- That which "holds the feet." Hindrance; obstacle. Anything that inhibits or slows progress.
- An external circumstance or characteristic established by law as prohibiting a particular action. Although the term is most commonly found in marriage law it may also be found in relationship to other actions, for example, the reception of Orders.
- An obstacle that makes a person ineligible for performing an act or receiving a sacrament, e.g., Holy Orders or Matrimony.
- A disability or obstruction that prevents an individual from entering into a contract.
