impediment
noun/ɪmˈpedɪmənt/
/ɪmˈpedɪmənt/
- impediment (to something) (formal) something that delays or stops the progress of something synonym obstacle
- The level of inflation is a serious impediment to economic recovery.
- Their boycott of the talks constitutes a serious impediment to peace negotiations.
- There are no legal impediments to their appealing against the decision.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- great
- major
- serious
- …
- be
- constitute
- provide
- …
- impediment to
- (becoming old-fashioned) a problem, for example a stammer, that makes it more difficult for somebody to speak, hear, etc. It is becoming more common to say that somebody has a speech disorder or speech impairment rather than a speech impediment.
- a speech impediment
- a sight/hearing impediment
Word Originlate Middle English: from Latin impedimentum, from impedire ‘shackle the feet of’, based on pes, ped- ‘foot’.
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