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Meanings of impediment in English

Portuguese
dificuldade
Catalan
impediment
Spanish
freno

Something immaterial that interferes with or delays action or progress.

      dificuldade
      Portuguese
      obstáculo
      Catalan
      impediment

      Any structure that makes progress difficult.

            obstáculo
            Wikidata

            Obstacle.

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                  Examples for "obstacle"
                  Examples for "obstacle"
                  1
                  However, efficient delivery into tumor cells remains a major obstacle for treatment.
                  Pubmed
                  2
                  MOVES to end the Albanian crisis hit a new obstacle last night.
                  The Irish Times
                  3
                  This was just an obstacle course on the way to his objective.
                  Stars rain down
                  4
                  But there's one serious problem, one insurmountable obstacle that I can't overcome.
                  The Complete Rama Omnibus
                  5
                  There remains one last obstacle, however: Tweetie is only for Mac users.
                  Wired
                  1
                  Fractures are associated with increased disability and mortality, and public health problems.
                  Pubmed
                  2
                  He said, in principle, vouchers also made sense for the disability sector.
                  Radio NZ
                  3
                  Conclusions: Stance time variability is an independent predictor of future mobility disability.
                  Pubmed
                  4
                  It includes affordable housing schemes, women's health, jobs training and disability benefits.
                  The Guardian
                  5
                  Comorbid depression and substance use disorders present additional risk factors for disability.
                  Pubmed
                  Usage of impediment in English
                  1
                  Healthcare costs are also a major impediment to job growth, he said.
                  Reuters
                  2
                  Tougher rules for the financial sector overall may also be an impediment.
                  Reuters
                  3
                  The Greek Government had put no impediment in the way of arbitration.
                  The Grand Old Man / Or, the Life and Public Services of the Righ...
                  4
                  Sure, concern about data privacy is an impediment to luring shoppers online.
                  Wired
                  5
                  The impediment made the car swerve and it ran into a lamp-post.
                  The Secret Passage
                  6
                  It was a supernatural impediment in any case, however far it extended.
                  Expositions of Holy Scripture / Deuteronomy, Joshua, Judges, Rut...
                  7
                  This circumstance constituted no inconsiderable impediment to the progress of the negotiation.
                  The Life of George Washington, Vol. 4 / Commander in Chief of th...
                  8
                  The gaseous mixture offers no measurable impediment to the rays of heat.
                  Scientific American Supplement, No. 365, December 30, 1882
                  9
                  We travelled the whole distance over the basaltic table-laud without any impediment.
                  Journal of an Overland Expedition in Australia / From Moreton Ba...
                  10
                  A serious impediment in his speech prevented him from entering public life.
                  Sketches of Western North Carolina, Historical and Biographical ...
                  11
                  She didn't believe there was such a terrible impediment in the way.
                  Darkness and Daylight: A Novel
                  12
                  The chief impediment was the expense, too great for a private fortune.
                  The Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford — Volume 3
                  13
                  Lameness is an impediment to the leg, but not to the will.
                  A Selection from the Discourses of Epictetus with the Encheiridi...
                  14
                  Modernism has always regarded Here as an anachronism, an impediment to progress.
                  A place of my own: the architecture of daydreams
                  15
                  A slight impediment may check an assault during the darkness of night.
                  Ismailia
                  16
                  Browning is simply a great demagogue, with an impediment in his speech.
                  Robert Browning
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