encumbrance

Example Sentences

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“Debt is a long-term obligation and an encumbrance on people’s finances.”

From MarketWatch • Jan. 14, 2026

That's why they've now assigned a receiver in order to prevent the transfer, sale or encumbrance of any of those assets.

From Salon • Nov. 6, 2023

Guardiola expected Tuchel to sit back and defend, which would have made a holding midfielder an unnecessary encumbrance.

From New York Times • May 30, 2021

OK — but as a semi-monkish man of routine, what he wanted was domesticity without encumbrance.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 2, 2021

The garland I was holding became an encumbrance, I felt I had been stupid to buy it.

From "Nectar in a Sieve" by Kamala Markandaya