Any obstruction that impedes or is burdensome.
An onerous or difficult concern.
1 That's an encumbrance ; you should not tie yourself to drag it about.
2 Will you excuse us while we get rid of the encumbrance , Mrs.
3 In the new house, as you say, he'll be a mere encumbrance .
4 Then we shall have our own again, and the property without encumbrance . '
5 The house was absolutely free from every encumbrance ; the people owned their church.
6 In 1757 Essex recommended the removal of the galilee as being an encumbrance .
7 However, yours was not saddled with the unfortunate encumbrance of the VR plague.
8 I first endeavoured to swim with this great encumbrance ; but it was useless.
9 Standards advocates view this patent encumbrance as undesirable for the Web.
10 But I happen to be an encumbrance in the way of another man.
11 Or would he walk right past her, treating her like an unfortunate encumbrance ?
12 Even the minor encumbrance of a bandage was a serious inconvenience.
13 Those wagons were a terrible encumbrance to us on the march.
14 He failed to see any advantage in carrying about such a useless encumbrance .
15 TIRED Clip-on remote is a cosmetic blemish and a physical encumbrance .
16 She returned his smile, pleased to touch him without the encumbrance of clothing.
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