encumbrance
something that encumbers; something burdensome, useless, or superfluous; burden; hindrance: Poverty was a lifelong encumbrance.
a dependent person, especially a child.
Law. a burden or claim on property, as a mortgage.
Origin of encumbrance
1- Also in·cum·brance [in-kuhm-bruhns] /ɪnˈkʌm brəns/ .
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How to use encumbrance in a sentence
So I would say it’s potentially a significant encumbrance to doing business.
'Like Shooting a Moving Target.' This Company Is Trying to Withdraw from Russia. It's Getting Complicated | Belinda Luscombe | June 1, 2022 | TimeOften, those restrictions will more heavily constrain Democratic voters for whom added bureaucracy is a more challenging encumbrance.
For developers this is both incredibly freeing — a chance to make it big without all the encumbrance of a traditional studio — but also supremely precarious.
On Discord, bots find a foothold as mini indie success stories | Luke Winkie | March 25, 2021 | Washington PostHe points to the hassles of regulatory compliance and warding off hacks as an unnecessary encumbrance on businesses.
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Dangerfield was no longer conscious of anything but an angry determination to revolt, to be free of all encumbrance.
The Woman Gives | Owen JohnsonThe cargo of the sloop hoisted on to the deck by the capstan, compact as he had made it, was an encumbrance.
Toilers of the Sea | Victor HugoSo desperate had been the charge that our little craft was now actually a serious encumbrance to the monster.
The Adventures of Louis de Rougemont | Louis de RougemontAn' sell Bruno; he's a vicious brute—nothin' but an encumbrance.
Two Little Travellers | Frances Browne ArthurThey set to work together to remove the irons, and his legs were at length freed from this encumbrance at about five oclock.
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British Dictionary definitions for encumbrance
incumbrance
/ (ɪnˈkʌmbrəns) /
a thing that impedes or is burdensome; hindrance
law a burden or charge upon property, such as a mortgage or lien
rare a dependent person, esp a child
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