Tuesday word: Encumbrance
Tuesday, Mar. 5, 2024
Encumbrance (noun)
en·cum·brance [en-kuhm-bruhns]
noun
1. something that encumbers; something burdensome, useless, or superfluous; burden; hindrance: Poverty was a lifelong encumbrance.
2. a dependent person, especially a child.
3. Law. a burden or claim on property, as a mortgage.
Also in·cum·brance [in-kuhm-bruhns].
WORDS RELATED TO ENCUMBRANCE
burden, albatross, cross, debt, duty, hindrance, impediment, load, millstone, obstruction, responsibility, saddle, weight, worry, ball and chain, guilt, monkey on one's back, thorn in one's side
See synonyms for: encumbrance / encumbrances on Thesaurus.com
ORIGIN: First recorded in 1275-1325; Middle English encombraunce, from Middle French encumbrance; see origin at encumber, -ance
HOW TO USE ENCUMBRANCE IN A SENTENCE
So I would say it’s potentially a significant encumbrance to doing business.
'LIKE SHOOTING A MOVING TARGET.' THIS COMPANY IS TRYING TO WITHDRAW FROM RUSSIA. IT'S GETTING COMPLICATED | BELINDA LUSCOMBE | JUNE 1, 2022 | TIME
Often, those restrictions will more heavily constrain Democratic voters for whom added bureaucracy is a more challenging encumbrance.
ELEVATING DOUBT IS THE POINT | PHILIP BUMP | MAY 27, 2021 | WASHINGTON POST
For developers this is both incredibly freeing - a chance to make it big without all the encumbrance of a traditional studio - but also supremely precarious.
ON DISCORD, BOTS FIND A FOOTHOLD AS MINI INDIE SUCCESS STORIES | LUKE WINKIE | MARCH 25, 2021 | WASHINGTON POST
He points to the hassles of regulatory compliance and warding off hacks as an unnecessary encumbrance on businesses.
VERY GOOD SECURITY RAISES $60 MILLION TO MAKE DATA FORCE FIELDS FOR DOORDASH, BREX | RHHACKETTFORTUNE | DECEMBER 21, 2020 | FORTUNE
In LA, Don is an outsider; a Madison Avenue interloper; an encumbrance.
WHAT'S HAPPENED TO DON DRAPER? WHY EVERYONE’S FAVORITE ‘MAD MEN’ STUD NEEDS HIS MOJO BACK | LIZZIE CROCKER | APRIL 16, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
Encumbrance (noun)
en·cum·brance [en-kuhm-bruhns]
noun
1. something that encumbers; something burdensome, useless, or superfluous; burden; hindrance: Poverty was a lifelong encumbrance.
2. a dependent person, especially a child.
3. Law. a burden or claim on property, as a mortgage.
Also in·cum·brance [in-kuhm-bruhns].
WORDS RELATED TO ENCUMBRANCE
burden, albatross, cross, debt, duty, hindrance, impediment, load, millstone, obstruction, responsibility, saddle, weight, worry, ball and chain, guilt, monkey on one's back, thorn in one's side
See synonyms for: encumbrance / encumbrances on Thesaurus.com
ORIGIN: First recorded in 1275-1325; Middle English encombraunce, from Middle French encumbrance; see origin at encumber, -ance
HOW TO USE ENCUMBRANCE IN A SENTENCE
So I would say it’s potentially a significant encumbrance to doing business.
'LIKE SHOOTING A MOVING TARGET.' THIS COMPANY IS TRYING TO WITHDRAW FROM RUSSIA. IT'S GETTING COMPLICATED | BELINDA LUSCOMBE | JUNE 1, 2022 | TIME
Often, those restrictions will more heavily constrain Democratic voters for whom added bureaucracy is a more challenging encumbrance.
ELEVATING DOUBT IS THE POINT | PHILIP BUMP | MAY 27, 2021 | WASHINGTON POST
For developers this is both incredibly freeing - a chance to make it big without all the encumbrance of a traditional studio - but also supremely precarious.
ON DISCORD, BOTS FIND A FOOTHOLD AS MINI INDIE SUCCESS STORIES | LUKE WINKIE | MARCH 25, 2021 | WASHINGTON POST
He points to the hassles of regulatory compliance and warding off hacks as an unnecessary encumbrance on businesses.
VERY GOOD SECURITY RAISES $60 MILLION TO MAKE DATA FORCE FIELDS FOR DOORDASH, BREX | RHHACKETTFORTUNE | DECEMBER 21, 2020 | FORTUNE
In LA, Don is an outsider; a Madison Avenue interloper; an encumbrance.
WHAT'S HAPPENED TO DON DRAPER? WHY EVERYONE’S FAVORITE ‘MAD MEN’ STUD NEEDS HIS MOJO BACK | LIZZIE CROCKER | APRIL 16, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST