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View definitions for encumbered

encumbered

adjective as in burdened

Strong matches

adjective as in laden

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Example Sentences

Now with a second mandate and significantly less encumbered, America, and the world, will see what he can really do.

From BBC

“We are not encumbered by a Decision Desk tonight,” Williams said early in the broadcast.

From Salon

Other people were encumbered by concerns at the time, possibly about, you know, is that libelous?

From Salon

Long encumbered by a mouthful of metal, Zachary was told by his parents Friday that he could leave his fifth-grade class early because he had an orthodontist appointment to get his braces removed.

“I really wanted a partner who had institutional memory, but was also was not going to be encumbered by it, but would embrace the best bits of that and shed what no longer serves us,” she said.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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