hindrance

At some point, it became clear to me that Twitter was becoming more of a hindrance than a help.

There were no collections, nor any hindrance for lack of funds.

There was only one hindrance: that I seemed not to know any of the people he and his wife had known.

She would be no let or hindrance to their piety; but they must ask her no awkward questions.

It thus comes about that what we call religion is frequently a hindrance to the rhythm of the apex-thought.

The open Pacific offers no hindrance to safe navigation, except an occasional heavy gale.