encumbered

Thân thiện

A hiker is encumbered by a heavy backpack on the trail.

Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Burdened or weighed down: Describes something or someone that is loaded with a heavy or excessive amount of things, making movement or action difficult.
   • Hindered or impeded: Refers to a state where progress, function, or freedom is restricted by a load, obligation, or complication.

Usage

The adjective "encumbered" describes a state of being burdened. It is often used with the preposition "with" or "by" to indicate the source of the burden. - It can describe a physical burden, like carrying heavy objects. - It can describe a non-physical burden, such as debt, responsibilities, or legal restrictions.

Examples

• Physical Burden:

  • The movers were encumbered with heavy furniture.
  • An encumbered hiker struggles to keep up with the group.

• Non-Physical Burden:

  • The company was encumbered by debt.
  • Her inheritance was an encumbered estate, tied up with legal claims.

Advanced Usage

• "Encumbered with": This is the most common construction, specifying the nature of the burden.
  • The report was encumbered with unnecessary technical details.
• "Encumbered by": Often used interchangeably with "with," sometimes emphasizing the agent of the burden.
  • The project was encumbered by bureaucratic delays.

Variants and Related Words

• Encumber (verb): To burden or weigh down; to hinder or impede the function or action of.
  • He did not want to encumber himself with a mortgage.
• Encumbrance (noun): A burden or impediment.
  • The old regulations were seen as an encumbrance to innovation.
• Unencumbered (adjective): Free from burden or hindrance; not weighed down.
  • She traveled light and unencumbered.

Synonyms

• Burdened: Loaded or weighed down.
• Laden: Heavily loaded.
• Hampered: Hindered or impeded.
• Saddled with: Burdened with (an unwanted responsibility).

Antonyms

• Unencumbered: Free from burden.
• Unburdened: Relieved of a load or worry.
• Unfettered: Released from restraint.

Học thuật

Adjective

1. loaded to excess or impeded by a heavy load
   • a summer resort...encumbered with great clapboard-and-stucco hotels- A.J.Liebling
   • a hiker encumbered with a heavy backpack
   • an encumbered estate