Causing difficulties for oneself or others (Definition of encumbering from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

To be encumbered is to be held back, weighed down, overburdened. One can be encumbered physically (as by a heavy load or severe weather) or figuratively (as by, well, the blues). …

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Definition of encumber verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

To encumber is to weigh someone or something down with a physical or psychological burden. You may find yourself encumbered by a heavy backpack or with anxieties. Either way, it's a …

ENCUMBER definition: to impede or hinder; hamper. See examples of encumber used in a sentence.

If you are encumbered by something, it prevents you from moving freely or doing what you want. Lead weights and air cylinders encumbered the divers as they walked to the shore. [VERB …

Peace talks have been encumbered by a mutual lack of trust. These rules will only be an encumbrance.

to block up or fill with what is obstructive or superfluous: a mind encumbered with trivial and useless information. to burden or weigh down: She was encumbered with a suitcase and …

1 day ago · encumber (third-person singular simple present encumbers, present participle encumbering, simple past and past participle encumbered) (transitive) To load down …