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



Definition of hampering

Origin :
  • late 14c., hampren "to surround, imprison, confine," also "to pack in a container," of unknown origin, possibly from hamper (n.1), or somehow connected to Middle English hamelian "to maim." Related: Hampered; hampering.
  • verb impede, restrict
Example sentences :
  • The very number of our assailants was in our favour, by hampering their sword-arms.
  • Extract from : « Micah Clarke » by Arthur Conan Doyle
  • She felt like a child who works its elbows to throw off some hampering annoyance.
  • Extract from : « In Apple-Blossom Time » by Clara Louise Burnham
  • Maggie, whose face was as white now as it had been crimson, clung to him, hampering him.
  • Extract from : « Bob, Son of Battle » by Alfred Ollivant
  • You know how hampering it is to one's enthusiasm to have to prepare a bushel of potatoes at once.
  • Extract from : « Dear Enemy » by Jean Webster
  • It is impossible to escape from the hampering influences of our infancy.
  • Extract from : « The Beth Book » by Sarah Grand
  • I want that she should be free to live her own life in her own way without me hampering her.
  • Extract from : « Old Judge Priest » by Irvin S. Cobb
  • The presence of his fellow-passengers was not so hampering as in England.
  • Extract from : « Aaron's Rod » by D. H. Lawrence
  • He began to understand that matrimony was hampering his freedom.
  • Extract from : « We Can't Have Everything » by Rupert Hughes
  • They take the place of those which gave a hampering and weakening effect.
  • Extract from : « The Way of Initiation » by Rudolf Steiner
  • You are hampering your future freedom by this step, and they know it.
  • Extract from : « Lothair » by Benjamin Disraeli

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