Encumbrance
[ɪn'kʌmbr(ə)ns;en-] or [ɪn'kʌmbrəns]
Definition
(n.) That which encumbers; a burden which impedes action, or renders it difficult and laborious; a clog; an impediment. See Incumbrance.
(n.) Same as Incumbrance.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [Written also Incumbrance.] [1]. Load, clog, impediment, hinderance, dead weight, drag weight.[2]. Debt, claim, liability.
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Examples
- The Indianola was superior to all the others in armament, and probably would have destroyed them or driven them away, but for her encumbrance. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Resisting Sam's tender of his greatcoat, in order that he might have no encumbrance in scaling the wall, he set forth, followed by his attendant. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- She is no encumbrance here. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- The latter seemed to Tarzan a most useless encumbrance, so he threw his away. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- All the encumbrance of doubt, all the rubbish of indecision, must be removed at once, and the plain truth must be ascertained. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- But I happen to be an encumbrance in the way of another man. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Bewitching Mrs. Copperfield's encumbrance? Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- A year ago I should have been of use to you, and now I should be an encumbrance; and I like you for telling me so quite honestly. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- Very pretty, sir, upon my word; to send me on here, to be an encumbrance to my friends, so long before you vouchsafe to come! Jane Austen. Emma.
- The servants were the next encumbrances to get rid of. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Nobody at home to keep house for me, said the clerk, with a cheerful sense of perfect freedom from all family encumbrances. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
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