Incumbrance
[in'kʌmbrәns]
Definition
(n.) A burdensome and troublesome load; anything that impedes motion or action, or renders it difficult or laborious; clog; impediment; hindrance; check.
(n.) A burden or charge upon property; a claim or lien upon an estate, which may diminish its value.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [Written also Encumbrance.] [1]. Load, clog, impediment, incubus, hinderance, dead weight, drag weight.[2]. Debt, claim, liability.
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Examples
- I was left helpless, with the prospect of a coming incumbrance in the shape of a child. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- I was a nuisance, an incumbrance, and a pest. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- It is all over now, doubtless--I am an incumbrance. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- I also saw that I was an incumbrance in the mind of the elder, too. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- I have a lady, said Graham; but she will be neither hindrance nor incumbrance. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- I should prefer the course which will the soonest relieve you of the incumbrance and remove her from her present position. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- In the year 179-, when he was just clear of these incumbrances, he gave the odds of 100 to 1 (in twenties) against Kangaroo, who won the Derby. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- John doesn't find me interesting any longer, so he leaves his faded wife and goes to see his pretty neighbor, who has no incumbrances. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- I'll clear the estate now with the ready money, he thought and rapidly calculated its incumbrances and the improvements which he would make. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
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