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• n  something immaterial that interferes with or delays action or progress
• n  any obstruction that impedes or is burdensome
• n  the act of hindering or obstructing or impeding

• A top-down bureaucracy has been a hinderance, not a help to our students and teachers.

• hindrance
• deterrent
• impediment
• balk
• baulk
• check
• handicap
• hitch
• preventive
• preventative
• encumbrance
• incumbrance
• interference

News & Articles

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• Ronda Rousey on Breasts in MMA: Gina Carano Had a Fantastic Rack
  Mixed martial arts: “Where cleavage is a hinderance.” Elite female UFC fighters are serious, serious athletes. As such, they think about any and all possible advantages they can gain over their adversaries. According to Ronda Rousey , one of those advantages is having smaller breasts. The topic of breasts and their impact on MMA was discussed in ESPN The Magazine 's latest "Body Issue," which ...
  July 12, 2013 - Bleacher Report

Quotes

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• Steve Hansen in TVNZ
  Size can be a bit of a hinderance at scrum time. Those guys have to get a bit lower. They need core strength through the lower back and over the butt,Hansen said.
• Mark Gottfried in Tuscaloosa News (subscription)
  If he feels really good, we don't want to sit him out, and if he will be a hinderance to the team, than he won't play,Gottfried said. "But he knows where that gauge is right now, more than I do or anybody does."
• Scott Prince in Sydney Morning Herald
  I'd like to think it will be [decided] before the season starts. I wouldn't want it to be a hinderance to the side, especially when we want to build on what we did last year,Prince said. "It's a hard place to leave, especially when you've...