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impediment
synonyms for impediment
- barrier
- bottleneck
- burden
- defect
- deterrent
- difficulty
- disadvantage
- drawback
- flaw
- handicap
- hazard
- hitch
- hurdle
- inhibition
- obstacle
- red tape
- restriction
- setback
- snag
- stumbling block
- bar
- barricade
- block
- blockage
- catch
- chain
- check
- clog
- cramp
- curb
- delay
- detriment
- drag
- encumbrance
- fault
- holdup
- load
- manacle
- millstone
- prohibition
- restraint
- retardation
- rub
- shackle
- stoppage
- stricture
- tie
- trammel
- wall
- Catch-22
- dead weight
- retardment
- road block
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How to use impediment in a sentence
Overall, we consider these to be minor impediments because a rechargeable warmer’s heating time is guaranteed to be longer than a chemically activated option, and the custom control is far greater than a lighter fluid-filled hand warmer.
Best hand warmers: Block the chill during your favorite winter activities | PopSci Commerce Team | February 10, 2021 | Popular-ScienceThe sympathy created by his fake impediment lands the job for him.
‘Liar’s Dictionary’ a fab, queer tale for lovers of language | Kathi Wolfe | January 29, 2021 | Washington BladeYou would never guess that a few years ago, Gorman was struggling with a speech impediment.
Amanda Gorman reads poem ‘The Hill We Climb’ at inauguration | Amy B Wang | January 20, 2021 | Washington Post
One thing you may not have known is that Gorman overcame a speech impediment.
Meet Amanda Gorman, The Youngest Inaugural Poet In U.S. History | Tiffani Dupree | January 20, 2021 | Essence.comHe insisted that money was not an impediment for state-run vaccination programs.
Vaccines were a chance to redeem failures in the U.S. coronavirus response. What went wrong? | Lena H. Sun, Isaac Stanley-Becker, Frances Stead Sellers, Laurie McGinley, Amy Goldstein, Christopher Rowland, Carolyn Y. Johnson | January 11, 2021 | Washington PostThe edict says “any persons that can express any legal impediment can denounce” the nuptials.
Wedding Bells for Joran van der Sloot | Andrea Zarate, Barbie Latza Nadeau | June 13, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTDespite the legal impediment, Hamza convinced Traverso to marry him.
Britain’s Most Notorious Islamist Once Worked at Strip Clubs and Peep Shows in London | Nico Hines | May 8, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe traffic, as in all of Los Angeles, is a serious impediment.
One obvious impediment is the difficulty of getting into the country.
Can Gorillas Save the Democratic Republic of the Congo? | Nina Strochlic | April 28, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe war has been a constant impediment to their grand tourism plans.
Can Gorillas Save the Democratic Republic of the Congo? | Nina Strochlic | April 28, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTWood may be cut close to the beach, and embarked without impediment.
The unfortunate gentleman had an impediment in his speech, and this was noted down as proving him to be a German, of course!
Letters of Lt.-Col. George Brenton Laurie | George Brenton LaurieThey are an impediment to the progress of knowledge, only when they are permanently acquiesced in.
A System of Logic: Ratiocinative and Inductive | John Stuart MillIt is here that the only practical impediment occurs to the passage of heavy shipping, between Buffalo and Chicago.
The Indian in his Wigwam | Henry R. SchoolcraftReligion is the greatest impediment to the progress of human happiness.
The Necessity of Atheism | Dr. D.M. Brooks
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