obstacle

IPA: ˈɑbstʌkʌɫ

Something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress, either physically or figuratively

Examples of "obstacle" in Sentences

The main obstacle is the willpower and commitment to do all this.
Disorient the main obstacle is the kind of dealing with extremists
In any event, this 'obstacle' is the only one she has no control in altering.
I simply think that you may be assuming that the main obstacle is wanting to do so.
Sure they can, although I think the main obstacle is poverty and not over-regulation.
"The main obstacle is sorting out the complexities of the various offers," said DuPuy, who heads the relocation process.
Likewise, Kel faces misogyny, as the first girl to try for knighthood without disguising herself as a boy, and in the first book her obstacle is the misogyny of her authority figures.
a tear in my eye for the lonely man who knew well that the only obstacle to his success was the _one_ that people never _could_ see, and that the _obstacle himself_ was never _likely_ to see.
Another obstacle is a new Russian process for accrediting adoption agencies that has left most American agencies waiting for approval to be able to send orphans to the USA, says Thomas Atwood, president of the National Council for Adoption.