Encumbrance
noun
Something that restricts or burdens.
The heavy backpack was becoming an encumbrance to the hiker.
Often appears as...
- major encumbrance
- physical encumbrance
noun
A legal claim on property or assets.
The property has an encumbrance because of unpaid taxes.
Often appears as...
- legal encumbrance
- encumbrance of assets
Usage tips
Disapproving
Technical
noun
Something that restricts or burdens.
The heavy backpack was becoming an encumbrance to the hiker.
Often appears as...
- major encumbrance
- physical encumbrance
noun
A legal claim on property or assets.
The property has an encumbrance because of unpaid taxes.
Often appears as...
- legal encumbrance
- encumbrance of assets
Usage tips
Disapproving
Technical
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Abstract Burden
Encumbrance can describe non-physical burdens like duties or responsibilities that make life harder.
His caregiving responsibilities were an encumbrance to his career progress.
Pro Tip 2/3Negative Connotation
Encumbrance often carries a negative feeling, suggesting something unwelcome or unpleasant.
Having to complete extra paperwork was an encumbrance she dreaded.
Pro Tip 3/3Metaphorical Use
Encumbrance can be used metaphorically to speak about emotional or intellectual weights.
The guilt of his past mistakes became an encumbrance on his conscience.
Pro Tip 1/3Abstract Burden
Encumbrance can describe non-physical burdens like duties or responsibilities that make life harder.
His caregiving responsibilities were an encumbrance to his career progress.
Pro Tip 2/3Negative Connotation
Encumbrance often carries a negative feeling, suggesting something unwelcome or unpleasant.
Having to complete extra paperwork was an encumbrance she dreaded.
Pro Tip 3/3Metaphorical Use
Encumbrance can be used metaphorically to speak about emotional or intellectual weights.
The guilt of his past mistakes became an encumbrance on his conscience.
Pro Tip 1/3Abstract Burden
Encumbrance can describe non-physical burdens like duties or responsibilities that make life harder.
His caregiving responsibilities were an encumbrance to his career progress.
Pro Tip 2/3Negative Connotation
Encumbrance often carries a negative feeling, suggesting something unwelcome or unpleasant.
Having to complete extra paperwork was an encumbrance she dreaded.
Pro Tip 3/3Metaphorical Use
Encumbrance can be used metaphorically to speak about emotional or intellectual weights.
The guilt of his past mistakes became an encumbrance on his conscience.
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would say it should make sense as a speed of a giraffe but again Hills the rocks the mountains and other encumbrance on their way as they iran well I think we've been looking for highness this afternoon as much as a hunts not say that's my plan
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Kayvon Tehranian: How...
information wants to be free. It wants to travel effortlessly, without hindrance, without encumbrance. This is what allowed the internet to succeed in the first place.
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 300 PIPE...
would say it should make sense as a speed of a giraffe but again Hills the rocks the mountains and other encumbrance on their way as they iran well I think we've been looking for highness this afternoon as much as a hunts not say that's my plan
Video examples
Kayvon Tehranian: How...
information wants to be free. It wants to travel effortlessly, without hindrance, without encumbrance. This is what allowed the internet to succeed in the first place.
Example 1 of 2
Quote examples
John C. Calhoun
American Statesman
What is a permanent loan but a mortgage upon the wealth and industry of the country? It is the only form of indebtedness, as experience has shown, by which heavy and durable encumbrance can be laid upon the community.
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Sidney Altman
Canadian Scientist
By the time I reached high school my father's grocery store had made our life adequately comfortable and I was able to choose, without any practical encumbrances, the subjects that I wanted to pursue in college.
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Thomas de Quincey
English Author
In many walks of life, a conscience is a more expensive encumbrance than a wife or a carriage.
Quote examples
John C. Calhoun
American Statesman
What is a permanent loan but a mortgage upon the wealth and industry of the country? It is the only form of indebtedness, as experience has shown, by which heavy and durable encumbrance can be laid upon the community.
Quote examples
Sidney Altman
Canadian Scientist
By the time I reached high school my father's grocery store had made our life adequately comfortable and I was able to choose, without any practical encumbrances, the subjects that I wanted to pursue in college.
Quote examples
Thomas de Quincey
English Author
In many walks of life, a conscience is a more expensive encumbrance than a wife or a carriage.
Example 1 of 3
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