Impediment
noun
A thing that blocks progress or makes it harder to achieve something.
Lack of funds was a major impediment to completing the project on time.
Often appears as...
- major impediment
- significant impediment
noun
A physical problem that makes speaking difficult.
He overcame a speech impediment to become a professional broadcaster.
Often appears as...
- speech impediment
- overcome a(n) impediment
noun
A legal hurdle in a process.
There are several legal impediments to introducing this legislation.
Often appears as...
- legal impediment
- several impediments
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Technical
noun
A thing that blocks progress or makes it harder to achieve something.
Lack of funds was a major impediment to completing the project on time.
Often appears as...
- major impediment
- significant impediment
noun
A physical problem that makes speaking difficult.
He overcame a speech impediment to become a professional broadcaster.
Often appears as...
- speech impediment
- overcome a(n) impediment
noun
A legal hurdle in a process.
There are several legal impediments to introducing this legislation.
Often appears as...
- legal impediment
- several impediments
Usage tips
Technical
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Pro Tip 1/3Common Contexts
Often found in discussions about projects, ambitions, or goals where challenges exist.
Technical issues are another impediment to the software's release.
Pro Tip 2/3Emotional Weight
Can express frustration or concern when facing difficulties.
His attitude has become an impediment to our team's harmony.
Pro Tip 3/3Positive Spin
Sometimes paired with words like 'overcome' to highlight success in facing challenges.
She overcame every impediment to win the championship.
Pro Tip 1/3Common Contexts
Often found in discussions about projects, ambitions, or goals where challenges exist.
Technical issues are another impediment to the software's release.
Pro Tip 2/3Emotional Weight
Can express frustration or concern when facing difficulties.
His attitude has become an impediment to our team's harmony.
Pro Tip 3/3Positive Spin
Sometimes paired with words like 'overcome' to highlight success in facing challenges.
She overcame every impediment to win the championship.
Pro Tip 1/3Common Contexts
Often found in discussions about projects, ambitions, or goals where challenges exist.
Technical issues are another impediment to the software's release.
Pro Tip 2/3Emotional Weight
Can express frustration or concern when facing difficulties.
His attitude has become an impediment to our team's harmony.
Pro Tip 3/3Positive Spin
Sometimes paired with words like 'overcome' to highlight success in facing challenges.
She overcame every impediment to win the championship.
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Malcolm Gladwell: The...
and you're trying to drop an object, a bomb, towards some stationary target in the face of all kinds of winds and cloud cover and all kinds of other impediments. And all sorts of people, moving up to the First World War and between the wars, tried to solve this problem,
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Is invisibility the...
fragile this this transition and indeed just two days ago the outgoing president his party actually impediment basically stripped away some of the rights to elect local mayors and regional leaders how's it playing out it kind of contradicts what you just said it does
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Amanda Gorman: Using...
um i know i'm on stage and i have my heels i look all glam but i'm horrified um and the way in which i kind of strengthen myself is by having this mantra most of my life i was particularly terrified of speaking up because i had a speech impediment
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Wade Davis: Into the...
of death that life mattered less than the moments of being alive and had Mallory overcome the impediment of the second step there was nothing that would have kept him from reaching the heights of Everest and in many ways whether he
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Breaking the illusion of...
social consequences but it also had deleterious health consequences to people so what we've been on the move we're so clever we can overcome all of these these seeming biological impediments will often we're unaware of
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Dilip Ratha: The hidden...
are also used for aid, trade and investment purposes. Another major impediment to the flow of remittances reaching the family is the large and exorbitant and illegal cost of recruitment,
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A vision for the future...
especially the young people, can believe in, own, work to actualize, and which they can actively fight to protect. The pathway to power and leadership can be littered with impediments,
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How deepfakes undermine...
Now, I know law is not a cure-all. Right? It's a blunt instrument. And we've got to use it wisely. It also has some practical impediments.
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His Holiness the...
So, even though I'm somewhat happy about the wonderful developments that are happening in the world, still, I feel a sense of impediment,
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Megan Washington: Why I...
And I'm an adult woman who spends her life as a performer, with a speech impediment. So, I might as well come clean about it.
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Malcolm Gladwell: The...
and you're trying to drop an object, a bomb, towards some stationary target in the face of all kinds of winds and cloud cover and all kinds of other impediments. And all sorts of people, moving up to the First World War and between the wars, tried to solve this problem,
Video examples
Is invisibility the...
fragile this this transition and indeed just two days ago the outgoing president his party actually impediment basically stripped away some of the rights to elect local mayors and regional leaders how's it playing out it kind of contradicts what you just said it does
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Amanda Gorman: Using...
um i know i'm on stage and i have my heels i look all glam but i'm horrified um and the way in which i kind of strengthen myself is by having this mantra most of my life i was particularly terrified of speaking up because i had a speech impediment
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Wade Davis: Into the...
of death that life mattered less than the moments of being alive and had Mallory overcome the impediment of the second step there was nothing that would have kept him from reaching the heights of Everest and in many ways whether he
Video examples
Breaking the illusion of...
social consequences but it also had deleterious health consequences to people so what we've been on the move we're so clever we can overcome all of these these seeming biological impediments will often we're unaware of
Video examples
Dilip Ratha: The hidden...
are also used for aid, trade and investment purposes. Another major impediment to the flow of remittances reaching the family is the large and exorbitant and illegal cost of recruitment,
Video examples
A vision for the future...
especially the young people, can believe in, own, work to actualize, and which they can actively fight to protect. The pathway to power and leadership can be littered with impediments,
Video examples
How deepfakes undermine...
Now, I know law is not a cure-all. Right? It's a blunt instrument. And we've got to use it wisely. It also has some practical impediments.
Video examples
His Holiness the...
So, even though I'm somewhat happy about the wonderful developments that are happening in the world, still, I feel a sense of impediment,
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Megan Washington: Why I...
And I'm an adult woman who spends her life as a performer, with a speech impediment. So, I might as well come clean about it.
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Raghuram Rajan
Indian Economist
Politicians know that structural reforms - to increase competition, foster innovation, and drive institutional change - are the way to tackle structural impediments to growth. But they know that while the pain from reform is immediate, gains are typically delayed and their beneficiaries uncertain.
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Amanda Gorman
American Poet
Most of my life I was particularly terrified of speaking up, because I had a speech impediment, which made it difficult to pronounce certain letters, sounds, and I felt like I was fine writing on the page, but once I got on stage, I was worried my words might jumble and stumble.
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Henry James Sumner Maine
English Historian
It is true that the aristocracies seem to have abused their monopoly of legal knowledge; and at all events their exclusive possession of the law was a formidable impediment to the success of those popular movements which began to be universal in the western world.
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Homer Hickam
American Author
Rather than being an impediment, NASA can and should be the driver of commerce, the provider of the technology necessary to make some big money in space. The truth is that private enterprise already has a huge presence up there.
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John Philip Sousa
American Musician
Governmental aid is a drawback rather than an assistance, as, although it may facilitate in the routine of artistic production, it is an impediment to the development of true artistic genius.
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Nadya Suleman
American Celebrity
Had I not gone through the struggles and the obstacles I had, I would not be as strong as I am today. I believe those impediments have forged, shaped, and strengthened my character.
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Herschel Walker
American Athlete
P.E. was my life in school. Without it, I wouldn't be standing here. It gave me confidence when I was an overweight kid with a speech impediment.
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N. R. Narayana Murthy
Indian Businessman
The biggest impediment to growth is in our minds and not in the world outside, and only constant in the world is change.
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Patrick M. Byrne
American Businessman
A major impediment to economic advancement around the world is the fact that the vast majority of humans are unbanked.
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Thomas Reid
Scottish Philosopher
There is no greater impediment to the advancement of knowledge than the ambiguity of words.
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Raghuram Rajan
Indian Economist
Politicians know that structural reforms - to increase competition, foster innovation, and drive institutional change - are the way to tackle structural impediments to growth. But they know that while the pain from reform is immediate, gains are typically delayed and their beneficiaries uncertain.
Quote examples
Amanda Gorman
American Poet
Most of my life I was particularly terrified of speaking up, because I had a speech impediment, which made it difficult to pronounce certain letters, sounds, and I felt like I was fine writing on the page, but once I got on stage, I was worried my words might jumble and stumble.
Quote examples
Henry James Sumner Maine
English Historian
It is true that the aristocracies seem to have abused their monopoly of legal knowledge; and at all events their exclusive possession of the law was a formidable impediment to the success of those popular movements which began to be universal in the western world.
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Homer Hickam
American Author
Rather than being an impediment, NASA can and should be the driver of commerce, the provider of the technology necessary to make some big money in space. The truth is that private enterprise already has a huge presence up there.
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John Philip Sousa
American Musician
Governmental aid is a drawback rather than an assistance, as, although it may facilitate in the routine of artistic production, it is an impediment to the development of true artistic genius.
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Nadya Suleman
American Celebrity
Had I not gone through the struggles and the obstacles I had, I would not be as strong as I am today. I believe those impediments have forged, shaped, and strengthened my character.
Quote examples
Herschel Walker
American Athlete
P.E. was my life in school. Without it, I wouldn't be standing here. It gave me confidence when I was an overweight kid with a speech impediment.
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N. R. Narayana Murthy
Indian Businessman
The biggest impediment to growth is in our minds and not in the world outside, and only constant in the world is change.
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Patrick M. Byrne
American Businessman
A major impediment to economic advancement around the world is the fact that the vast majority of humans are unbanked.
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Thomas Reid
Scottish Philosopher
There is no greater impediment to the advancement of knowledge than the ambiguity of words.
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