impeding
Definition
- Adjective:
- Acting as a hindrance or obstruction: "Impeding" describes something that slows down, blocks, or prevents progress, movement, or action.
- Causing delay: It refers to creating an obstacle that makes a process more difficult or slower to complete.
Usage
- The adjective "impeding" is typically used before a noun to describe the nature of the obstacle.
- It is a formal term often found in written reports, legal contexts, or analytical descriptions.
Examples
- Adjective:
- The fallen tree was an impeding obstacle on the road. (The fallen tree was something blocking the road.)
- He cited a lack of funding as the impeding factor for the project's delay. (He identified a lack of funding as the factor causing the delay.)
- The impeding regulations will affect how businesses operate. (The regulations that will act as a hindrance will affect businesses.)
Advanced Usage
- "Impeding" in legal contexts: Often used to describe actions that obstruct justice or official proceedings.
- The witness was charged with impeding the investigation. (Note: Here, "impeding" is a gerund or present participle form of the verb "to impede," used in a different grammatical role. The adjective form would be used as in "an impeding investigation.")
Variants and Related Words
- Impede (verb): To delay or block the progress of something.
- Bad weather can impede travel plans.
- Impediment (noun): Something that impedes; a hindrance or obstruction.
- A speech impediment can make communication difficult.
- Unimpeded (adjective): Not obstructed or hindered.
- The river flows unimpeded to the sea.
Synonyms
- Obstructing: Blocking a path or passage.
- Hindering: Creating difficulty or delay.
- Hampering: Slowing down or limiting movement or progress.
- Blocking: Physically preventing movement.
Antonyms
- Aiding: Helping or assisting.
- Facilitating: Making an action or process easier.
- Promoting: Supporting and encouraging progress.
- Expediting: Speeding up a process.
Related Phrases
- Impeding progress: A common phrase meaning slowing down or stopping advancement.
- Bureaucratic red tape is impeding progress on the new policy.
- Without let or hindrance: A formal, often legal, phrase meaning without any obstruction (where "hindrance" is related to "impeding").
- 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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