impeded

[im-pee-did]

adjective

1. slowed down or obstructed by obstacles; hindered.

   By joining the already impeded traffic flow, drivers unfortunately create even longer delays.

verb

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

Other Word Forms

• unimpeded adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of impeded¹

impede ( def. ) + -ed ² ( def. )

Example Sentences

“There’s no existing protest at a federal building. There’s no operation that’s being impeded. I guess it’s just a ‘training ground’ for the President of United States,” Newsom said.

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Applicants will do that, the DOT explains, by submitting a “personal narrative,” with “individualized proof regarding specific instances of economic hardship, systemic barriers, and denied opportunities that impeded the owner’s progress.”

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The bigger lesson concerns how democracy’s error-correction function can be impeded when an unnatural uniformity prevails among elites.

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Rounds of layoffs, the deferred-resignation plan and other voluntary departure programs, including an early-retirement push, slashed the number of civil servants, impeded work at government sites nationwide and reduced services that Americans rely on.

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But that can be impeded by a "world filled with technological distractions", she argues.

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