- a variation of encumbrance.
incumbrance
Example Sentences
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Said he was an incumbrance on the concern and hadn't any business instinct.
From The Postmaster by Joseph C. Lincoln
To divide a little this incumbrance among my friends, I caused a number of similar tubes to be blown at our glasshouse, with which they furnished themselves, so that we had at length several performers.
From Franklin's Autobiography (Eclectic English Classics) by Benjamin Franklin
There is, I think, nothing which I so much dread, as the thought of being an unprofitable Missionary, an incumbrance to the society and to the church.
From The Baptist Magazine, Vol. 27, 1835 by Various
I feel that I would be an incumbrance, rather than your co-worker.
From The Story of a Life by J. Breckenridge (John Breckenridge) Ellis
He is impossible, I know, and often an incumbrance, but he's always appealing and noble, and I love him dearly.”
From Royal Highness by Thomas Mann
