hindering

Thân thiện

The large crowd is hindering the flow of traffic on the main avenue.

Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Causing delay, interference, or obstruction: "Hindering" describes something that acts as an obstacle, slowing down or preventing progress, movement, or action.

Usage

The adjective "hindering" is used to modify a noun, describing it as an agent of obstruction. It often appears before the noun it modifies (e.g., a hindering factor) or in constructions like "prove hindering to."

Examples

• Adjective:
  • The hindering regulations slowed the company's expansion. (The obstructive regulations slowed the company's expansion.)
  • Her lack of experience was not a hindering factor in her rapid promotion. (Her lack of experience was not an obstructing factor in her rapid promotion.)
  • The storm proved hindering to the rescue efforts. (The storm proved obstructive to the rescue efforts.)

Advanced Usage

• "hindering and abetting": This is a legal variation of the common phrase "aiding and abetting," but with "hindering" used ironically or specifically to mean obstructing justice or an investigation.
  • He was charged not with aiding the fugitive but with hindering the investigation.
• Used in formal or analytical contexts to describe impediments.
  • The study identified several hindering variables in the economic model.

Variants and Related Words

• Hinder (verb): To create difficulties for someone or something, resulting in delay or obstruction.
  • Bad weather hindered the construction project.
• Hindrance (noun): A thing that provides resistance, delay, or obstruction to something or someone.
  • The old software was a major hindrance to productivity.

Synonyms

• Impediment: Something that hinders or obstructs.
• Obstructive: Causing a blockage or obstacle.
• Hampering: Hindering the movement or progress of.

Antonyms

• Aiding: Providing help or support.
• Facilitating: Making an action or process easier.
• Assisting: Giving help or support.

Related Phrases

• Prove a hindrance: To become an obstacle.
  • The language barrier proved a significant hindrance.
• Without let or hindrance: A formal phrase meaning without any obstruction or interference (often used in legal contexts).
  • The goods must be allowed to pass without let or hindrance.

Học thuật

Adjective

1. preventing movement
   • the clogging crowds of revelers overflowing into the street

Từ đồng nghĩa

• clogging
• impeding
• obstructive