hamper
verb/ˈhæmpə(r)/
/ˈhæmpər/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they hamper | /ˈhæmpə(r)/ /ˈhæmpər/ |
| he / she / it hampers | /ˈhæmpəz/ /ˈhæmpərz/ |
| past simple hampered | /ˈhæmpəd/ /ˈhæmpərd/ |
| past participle hampered | /ˈhæmpəd/ /ˈhæmpərd/ |
| -ing form hampering | /ˈhæmpərɪŋ/ /ˈhæmpərɪŋ/ |
- hamper somebody/something to prevent somebody from easily doing or achieving something synonym hinder
- High winds hampered the rescue attempt.
- Our efforts were severely hampered by a lack of money.
Extra Examples- This has hampered the growth of the export market.
- Indecision on local taxation is hampering councils from planning their budgets.
- Millions of parents are hampered in their careers by lack of adequate childcare.
Oxford Collocations DictionaryHamper is used with these nouns as the subject:- injury
- ability
- development
- effectiveness
- …
Word Originverb late Middle English (in the sense ‘shackle, entangle, catch’): perhaps related to German hemmen ‘restrain’.Want to learn more?
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