inhibited

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The US State Department said last year that "official complicity, including at senior levels, inhibited effective law enforcement action against trafficking crimes" in Cambodia.

From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026

“It was an odd pairing: Harold Macmillan, the inhibited, repressed publisher’s son, and Bob Boothby, the warm, witty progeny of an Edinburgh banker,” writes Lynne Olson.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 23, 2025

For example, at Bluebonnet, people’s limited access to correspondence and other mail has inhibited their ability to correspond with their families and legal teams to defend themselves.

From Slate • Jun. 6, 2025

Mr Ebenezer said he and his staff needed to be "allowed to do what we need to do and not be inhibited by ridiculous bureaucracy".

From BBC • Feb. 17, 2025

With a leader as creative as Mrs. Jackson, Troop 11 was never inhibited by its modest resources.

From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly