impediment
IPA: ɪmpˈɛdʌmʌnt
noun
- A hindrance; that which impedes or obstructs progress.
- A disability, especially one affecting the hearing or speech.
- (chiefly in the plural) Baggage, especially that of an army; impedimenta.
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Examples of "impediment" in Sentences
- Are there any impediments to remove the tag
- In fact it is in impediment to getting close to God.
- I wish to ask CC if having a speech impediment is "bad."
- Distances and borders are not insurmountable impediments.
- The main impediment to progress in America is Republicans.
- Another impediment is the current mindset of anthropologists.
- The main impediment isn't medical or scientific, it's social.
- Because of these impediments, the attempt was largely unsuccessful.
- The good news is that, with the source code, this is no impediment.
- As to the point of the order, an impediment is precisely what it is.
- In the decree of 1888 is also included the impediment of clandestinity.
- Here, the impediment is reversed – the body is not too old but too young.
- Dispute is a great impediment to the establishment of our peaceable lives.
- An impediment to the development of the town was the difficulty of transport.
- Economic crisis was an impediment to the rapid improvement of infrastructure.
- This helpful post by Kate Martin suggests that the most serious legal impediment is 18 USC 2702.
- The single greatest impediment is shortage of skills, including professional, managerial and technical skills.
- The main impediment to this profit of one ounce of silver per transaction (minus any shipping fees) was the inability to secure enough gold.
- As stated succinctly in ASGISA: "For both the public infrastructure and the private investment programmes, the single greatest impediment is shortage of skills - including professional skills such as engineers and scientists; managers such as financial, personnel and project managers; and skilled technical employees such as artisans and IT technicians."