hamstrung

American  

[ham-struhng] / ˈhæmˌstrʌŋ /

adjective

1. having been made powerless or useless; thwarted.

   The candidates also face a housing market crisis, subway strikes, and a hamstrung government.

2. having had the hamstring tendon cut.

   She fell like a hamstrung deer.

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verb

1. the simple past tense and past participle of hamstring.

Etymology

Origin of hamstrung

ham ¹ ( def. ) + strung ( def. )

Example Sentences

Those kinds of worries hamstrung President Joe Biden.

From Barron's

Those kinds of worries hamstrung President Joe Biden.

From Barron's

Yet its efforts have been hamstrung by tariffs and other issues.

From The Wall Street Journal

A lot of people are sick of feeling hamstrung.

From Salon

“Everything is just costing a higher amount, and people are needing to take a withdrawal because many people don’t have emergency savings. The problem is that, by the time you retire, you’ve hamstrung your growth.”

From MarketWatch

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