encumber
verb (used with object)
to impede or hinder; hamper.
encumbering
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present participleof encumber.present participle
A verb form that is used in progressive verb constructions and may also function as a modifier or a gerund.
Example Sentences
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Forbes reported on how the influx of returns has encumbering retailers since early 2021.
From Washington Times ● Jun. 28, 2022
Personally, I blame the baggy white t-shirt Mickelson was wearing underneath his polo, the added weight encumbering his movement.
From Golf Digest ● Mar. 25, 2020
Paintings and sculptures have been given without the encumbering restrictions sometimes demanded by private collectors.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 25, 2020
“They are able to borrow things from each other’s labs and use discoveries without compromising or encumbering their intellectual property.”
From Washington Post ● Apr. 15, 2016
Culture, criticism, in certain sterile natures, are like Sheridan's famous apophthegm: they lie "like lumps of marl on a barren moor, encumbering what it is not in their power to fertilise."
From Essays by Arthur Christopher Benson
