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noun
an obstacle or hindrance to progress, belief, or understanding.
OTHER WORDS FOR stumbling block
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Origin of stumbling block First recorded in 1580ā90
Words nearby stumbling block stultify ,
stum ,
stumble ,
stumble across ,
stumblebum ,
stumbling block ,
stumer ,
stump ,
stumpage ,
stump bed ,
stump cancer
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Words related to stumbling block barrier ,
complication ,
deterrent ,
difficulty ,
drawback ,
handicap ,
hindrance ,
hitch ,
hurdle ,
impediment ,
obstacle ,
setback ,
snag ,
barricade ,
blockage ,
catch ,
clog ,
delay ,
discouragement ,
drag
How to use stumbling block in a sentence Itās these optical techniques that remain the bigger stumbling block .
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Climate finance has emerged as the biggest stumbling block to progress at the high-stakes United Nations climate talks in Scotland in November.
Online systems have become a huge stumbling block , especially for elderly people.
Privacy concerns have consistently been the internetās stumbling block .
The CDA was passed not in the name of censorship but in the name of protecting children from stumbling across sexual material.
Church bells pealed from St. Catherine of Siena parish one block away.
During his trek, Brinsley twice passed within a block of a police stationhouse and he almost certainly saw cops along the way.
Block 3F is slated for release in 2019, but who knows how much that will slip?
After walking block after block holding that container, he had suddenly discarded it and was now clutching a gun.
The Spanish troops did not care to venture past a block of buildings in which were the offices and stores of a British firm.
He walked about, stumbling over sticks and stones and stumps, sometimes falling down on soft moss, and again on the hard ground.
The upper block was left a little thicker, the junction or root of the neck necessitating this.
The lowing of cattle and the soft stumbling tread of many unshod feet told him that some one was approaching.
The long unbroken block had as many and as various stores as are generally spread over the entire area of a town.
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British Dictionary definitions for stumbling block
noun
any impediment or obstacle
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Other Idioms and Phrases with stumbling block
A hindrance or obstacle, as in His lack of a degree is a real stumbling block to his advancement . This term originally meant āa tree stump over which one trips.ā Its figurative use dates from the early 1500s.
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