hamstrung
Example Sentences
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Yet its efforts have been hamstrung by tariffs and other issues.
A lot of people are sick of feeling hamstrung.
From Salon
“Everything is just costing a higher amount, and people are needing to take a withdrawal because many people don’t have emergency savings. The problem is that, by the time you retire, you’ve hamstrung your growth.”
From MarketWatch
He added that the decision about whether to proceed with the prosecution was taken by the CPS, "who were hamstrung by antiquated legislation".
From BBC
That natural attrition is slowing because more workers, hamstrung by declining job openings and spooked by fears of an economic downturn, are staying put.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
