impediment

/ɪmˈpɛdɪmənt/

noun 3

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(noun.)

ADJ

great, major, serious | absolute | chief, main

lawful, legal

A lack of qualifications presented no legal impediment to her applying for the job.

VERB + IMPEDIMENT

be, constitute, provide

remove

The new law will help remove impediments that have prevented small businesses from growing.

PREP

~ to

Lack of funding has become a major impediment to the project's success.

Definitions

noun

A hindrance; that which impedes or obstructs progress; impedance.

I require and charge you (as you will aunswere at the dreadefull daye of iudgemente, when the secretes of all hartes shalbee disclosed) that if either of you doe knowe any impedimente why ye maie not bee lawfully ioyned together in matrimonie, that ye confesse it.

Thus far into the bowels of the land Have we marched on without impediment.

A disability, especially one affecting the hearing or speech.

Working in a noisy factory left me with a slight hearing impediment.

And they bring unto him one that was deaf, and had an impediment in his speech; and they beseech him to put his hand upon him.

Baggage, especially that of an army; impedimenta.

We were all on foot, officers and men alike. Our horses, baggage, and impediments had been left at Brashear to follow the column of General Emory.

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Synonyms

noun — any structure that makes progress difficult

obstruction
obstructor
obstructer
impedimenta

noun — something immaterial that interferes with or delays action o

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Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

I require and charge you (as you will aunswere at the dreadefull daye of iudgemente, when the secretes of all hartes shalbee disclosed) that if either of you doe knowe any impedimente why ye maie not

Wiktionary

Thus far into the bowels of the land Have we marched on without impediment.

Wiktionary

Your kind Deſire to knovv the State of my Health had not been unſatiſfied of ſo long, had not that ill State been the Impediment.

Wiktionary

I don't consider my myopia as an impediment.

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Tom has a speech impediment, which gets worse if he has to speak in public.

Tatoeba · #3189708

Impatience is a definite impediment to success.

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