impeded
Americanadjective
verb
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Impeded by language and cultural barriers, his wife, Elizabeth, was unable to establish her chosen career in pharmacy.
From Washington Post • Mar. 17, 2010
Impeded by a script that has lines like "It's my funeral; you're just along for the ride," McQueen stops acting and settles for a series of long poses.
From Time Magazine Archive
Impeded at the Narew River after taking Plonsk and Pultusk, they were halted last week at the Bug.
From Time Magazine Archive
He Dines Out, Impeded by Superstitions Within the week I had repented of what I termed my idiotic quixotism, and for precisely nine days after that I cursed my folly.
From The Cords of Vanity A Comedy of Shirking by Cabell, James Branch
Impeded in its progress by immense difficulties, both natural and imposed by the enemy, the army took twenty days to make twenty miles.
From The Major Operations of the Navies in the War of American Independence by Mahan, A. T. (Alfred Thayer)
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