impediment
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- n something immaterial that interferes with or delays action or progress
- n any structure that makes progress difficult
- As a kid growing up on the South Side of Chicago, she had a speech impediment.
- In fact, that fee ends up feeling like a feature rather than an impediment, because it manages to keep the site remarkably free of trolls, griefers and other anonymous jerks.
- It was only recently that living with prosthetic legs was seen as a huge impediment, but he has turned this perception upside down.