hamstrung

Her Ruth is angry, frustrated, sad, tough, tender, bullish and reckless, yet hamstrung by circumstance; she is desperate to keep her farm in order to care for her husband.

Of course he carries the can for their results but he has been totally hamstrung over what he can spend on his squad, which is why they are struggling.

Harris was also hamstrung by how she did not create enough separation between herself and President Biden, given his unpopularity.

Hughes is a more relaxed, social person, if ultimately more hamstrung by moral certainty.

The new ownership say they do not want to be hamstrung by high wages as the previous regime were.