hamstrung

Hughes is a more relaxed, social person, if ultimately more hamstrung by moral certainty.

The new ownership say they do not want to be hamstrung by high wages as the previous regime were.

And it’s quite a letdown, arriving 90 minutes into the courtroom drama and still hamstrung by vocal restraint.

Veterinarian Jennifer Scarlett, who runs the San Francisco SPCA, said efforts to crack down on the underground puppy market exposed by The Times is hamstrung by the state’s failure to keep the records.

But leaders have been hamstrung in their efforts to eradicate the inked groups, in part because being in a gang was never explicitly grounds for firing.