hindering
Definition
- 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.
Adjective
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preventing movement
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the clogging crowds of revelers overflowing into the street
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