inhibited

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Once this protein was inhibited, the older muscle stem cells began behaving more like young ones.

From Science Daily • Feb. 23, 2026

But he believes the tax system in the UK would have inhibited his growth and ability to take risks.

From BBC • Dec. 28, 2025

“It was an odd pairing: Harold Macmillan, the inhibited, repressed publisher’s son, and Bob Boothby, the warm, witty progeny of an Edinburgh banker,” writes Lynne Olson.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 23, 2025

For example, at Bluebonnet, people’s limited access to correspondence and other mail has inhibited their ability to correspond with their families and legal teams to defend themselves.

From Slate • Jun. 6, 2025

Somehow I felt that Bledsoe and Norton were behind it, and all day I was inhibited in both speech and conduct, for fear that I might say or do something scandalous.

From "Invisible Man" by Ralph Ellison