Definitions for hindrances

hindrances hin·drance

Spelling: [hin-druh ns]
IPA: /ˈhɪn drəns/

Hindrances is a 10 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 17 points.

You can make 870 anagrams from letters in hindrances (acdehinnrs).

Definitions for hindrances

noun

  1. an impeding, stopping, preventing, or the like.
  2. the state of being hindered.
  3. a person or thing that hinders.

Origin of hindrances

First recorded in 1400-50, hindrance is from the late Middle English word hinderaunce. See hinder1, -ance

Examples for hindrances

As for his first name, Oliver, it meant “sky-lantern,” moonlight as a hindrance to crime.

As Romney learned the hard way, titans of finance can be more of a hindrance than a help.

The nearest vessel was the only one that for the moment was able to offer any hindrance.

They arrived at the gate without question or hindrance; but found it fastened.

She spoke with a touch of haste, as if battling against some hindrance within.

We should have more revenue, and that without delay, hindrance, or postponement.

All this is a hindrance to them; there are the clothes of the judges and the clothes of the judged.

In the long run, was the Warren Commission a help, a hindrance, or some of both?

Jim Kessler with Third Way, a centrist Democratic group, describes it as “getting out of the way…more service than hindrance.”

At some point, it became clear to me that Twitter was becoming more of a hindrance than a help.

Word Value for hindrances
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Words with friends

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