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 something neither she nor her coaches had ever clocked from just straight video footage, inhibited by limiting angles and baggy snowboarding clothing.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 4, 2026
But he believes the tax system in the UK would have inhibited his growth and ability to take risks.
From BBC • Dec. 28, 2025
Despite being shy and inhibited, he began “moonlighting” in the drama department, where, he later wrote, he found himself “fast losing my heart to drama.”
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 30, 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
Vocabulary lists containing inhibited
The Autobiography of Malcolm X
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Lesson 4
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"Love's Vocabulary" by Diane Ackerman
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