Hindrance
['hɪndr(ə)ns] or ['hɪndrəns]
Definition
(noun.) the act of hindering or obstructing or impeding.
(noun.) any obstruction that impedes or is burdensome.
(noun.) something immaterial that interferes with or delays action or progress.
Editor: Olaf--From WordNet
Definition
(v. t.) The act of hindering, or the state of being hindered.
(v. t.) That which hinders; an impediment.
Typed by Humphrey
Examples
- The tithe, which is but a tenth of the produce, is found to be a very great hindrance to improvement. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- As for hindrance to this step, there offered not so much as a creaking hinge or a clicking latch. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- I grant that in the rigid political conditions prevailing to-day a new issue is an embarrassment, perhaps a hindrance to the procedure of political life. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- But the stronger the current through the coil, the stronger will be the force tending to rotate the coil, and hence the less effective will be the hindrance of the twisting string. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- We both did what we had to do without any hindrance, and when we met again at one o'clock reported it done. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- I dangers dared; I hindrance scorned; I omens did defy: Whatever menaced, harassed, warned, I passed impetuous by. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- Do we not find, especially in large cities, that the greatest hindrance to the amelioration of the poor is their improvidence in marriage? Plato. The Republic.
- Of late she has never permitted weather to be a hindrance to her rides. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- At the same time I offered no hindrance to her putting herself in danger. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- I have a lady, said Graham; but she will be neither hindrance nor incumbrance. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Certain drawbacks, possibly that of cost of installation and operation, has served as a hindrance. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Some people revel in surroundings of hustle and bustle, and find therein no hindrance to great accomplishment. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- His small stature was no hindrance to him--here he could see over the heads of the ladies who were seated near the outermost part of the bench. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Riviere perplexedly, wondering how to tell him that his very superiorities and advantages would be the surest hindrance to success. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- Everything seemed hindrance to her till she could find an opportunity of opening her heart to her husband. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Hindrances and pitfalls, dear girls, which beset us on our way to higher things! Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- You refer to the possible hindrances from want of health? George Eliot. Middlemarch.
Typist: Merritt