encumber
verb (used with object)
to impede or hinder; hamper.
encumbered
Example Sentences
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Already in play is Manhattan Beach Studios, another Hackman Capital property encumbered by a $240-million loan from Deutsche Bank that the lender is in the process of selling.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 11, 2026
Two questions that have forever encumbered treatment of intellectual responsibility remain with us.
From Salon ● Nov. 24, 2024
An additional $195 million was encumbered, leaving at least $513 million unspent.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 21, 2024
Now with a second mandate and significantly less encumbered, America, and the world, will see what he can really do.
From BBC ● Nov. 6, 2024
This sentence is encumbered, among other things, by a long stretch between the filler of the relative clause, the former United Nations diplomat, and the gap after tapped seven words later.
From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker
