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Grammar : Verb
Spell : ham-per
Phonetic Transcription : ˈhæm pər



Definition of hampered

Origin :
  • 1690s, from un- (1) "not" + past participle of hamper (v.).
  • verb impede, restrict
Example sentences :
  • Words would have blundered, and hampered, and darkened all he had to say.
  • Extract from : « A Singer from the Sea » by Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr
  • He may be inconvenienced or hampered in his march; but its goal is certain.
  • Extract from : « The Snare » by Rafael Sabatini
  • She struggled now, thinking that he would be too hampered to compel her to his will.
  • Extract from : « Mistress Wilding » by Rafael Sabatini
  • It was not hampered by any heavily burdened foot-passengers.
  • Extract from : « Two Arrows » by William O. Stoddard
  • He was hampered by the care of the instrument, which must be shielded from all blows or falls.
  • Extract from : « Out of the Depths » by Robert Ames Bennet
  • With the whole Shellfish Valley on edge, your work will be hampered.
  • Extract from : « They of the High Trails » by Hamlin Garland
  • His coat had hampered him until it obligingly slit up the back.
  • Extract from : « Rim o' the World » by B. M. Bower
  • The body must be kept in health, that the soul may not be hampered.
  • Extract from : « The Soul of a People » by H. Fielding
  • The memory of it hampered us for very long; even now they often talk of it.
  • Extract from : « The Soul of a People » by H. Fielding
  • He and Carter could have made it had they not been hampered by the other two, who were sick.
  • Extract from : « Policing the Plains » by R.G. MacBeth

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