0 present participle of hinder
1 to limit the ability of someone to do something, or to limit the development of something:
High winds have hindered firefighters in their efforts to put out the blaze.
Her progress certainly hasn't been hindered by her lack of experience.
As this analysis unfolds, however, crucial variables often appear overly simplified and somewhat static, hindering analysis of their interactions.
Insufficient generosity and uninformed views amongst the public were hindering social democracy as much as inadequate levels of economic growth or mistaken policies.
For example, the time allotted by the institution for the musikdidaktik subject affected the trainee-content relation by hindering or giving room for activity-based teaching forms.
Farmers who had access to the system shared the information with their friends and neighbors, hindering attempts to develop a self-funded system.
These asymmetries played an important role in shaping crisis diplomacy, sometimes helping, sometimes hindering resolution.
Tumour resistance, the development of blocking antibodies, and other problems hindering the effectiveness of monoclonal antibodies are also discussed.
The similarity in values obtained from the 10 and 30 second count times suggest that the shorter count times may be used without hindering accuracy.
From the 1950s, the unions played an active role in eliminating women and hindering women's recruitment.
