encumbered

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The trap is not fastened, but only incumbered with a clog, and is all the more sure in its hold by yielding to every effort of the animal to extricate himself.

From Squirrels and Other Fur-Bearers by Burroughs, John

Our Earth is now incumbered with ruin, our Heaven is clouded by Death.

From Aratra Pentelici, Seven Lectures on the Elements of Sculpture Given before the University of Oxford in Michaelmas Term, 1870 by Ruskin, John

The Rev. Mr. Wooley, in the pulpit of the Central Christian Church of Wichita, said recently: “Every church building in this city, except one, is heavily incumbered, and most of them are practically insolvent.”

From The Arena Volume 18, No. 93, August, 1897 by Various

Though a collector of details, he was never incumbered by them.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 2, No. 14, December 1858 by Various

She is neglected by her husband, whose only motive for marrying her was to clear an incumbered estate. 

From Mary Wollstonecraft's Original Stories by Wollstonecraft, Mary