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Definition of hampered : of Hamper

Synonyms:

enfeebled, invalidated, deadened, tampered, disarmed, hobbled, benumbed, neutralized, crippled, weakened, abrogated, hindered, botched, cramped, undermined, scotched, hamstrung, vitiated, incapacitated, prostrated, handicapped, sapped, impaired, anesthetized, dulled, disabled, screwed up, stunned, paralyzed, lamed, stupefied

depressed, disinclined, dampened, throttled, disheartened, de-motivated, daunted, stifled, discouraged, dissuaded

restricted, crimped, bunged, interrupted, fouled, frustrated, dragged, burdened, choked, snarled, entangled, plugged, curbed, caught, resisted, tangled, checked, stayed, thwarted, mired, dammed, jammed, braked, snagged, complicated, clogged, constrained, restrained, encumbered, bottlenecked, entrapped, obstructed, opposed, inhibited, impeded, delayed, deterred, detained, baffled, countered, barred, congested, fettered, stopped, blocked, constipated

Usage examples:

• You know that my means are very limited, and my desire to do the right thing is necessarily hampered. - "Eugene Field, A Study In Heredity And Contradictions", Slason Thompson.
• I know he has been seriously hampered for lack of funds, but was not aware, until now, that the second and third instalments of purchase- money remained unpaid; and my knowledge of this, and the impending danger from the Government, was only acquired through accident. - "The Good Time Coming", T. S. Arthur.
• All along it hampered me, and in it you have the reason for my cold, business- like talk to- day. - "Masters of the Wheat-Lands", Harold Bindloss.