0 past simple and past participle of hinder --
1 to limit the ability of someone to do something, or to limit the development of something: --
Her progress certainly hasn't been hindered by her lack of experience.
High winds have hindered firefighters in their efforts to put out the blaze.
These informal observations are hindered, however, by a lack in the literature of explicit discussion of the position of syllable-initial glides.
However, more systematic regional comparisons are hindered by the intrinsically fragmentary and self-selecting nature of much of the evidence (community petitions and individual letters).
A number of factors hindered collaborative analysis and programmes.
Older workers who seek to tailor their participation in the labour market are hindered by employment practices that undermine their acquired skills and experience.
It is evident that the effective use of compound drops as liquid membranes will be hindered by breakup of the globules.
But it also recognizes that candidates are often hindered in their movement to the centre and tend to be characterized by limited mobility.
Officials, for example, were convinced that rent controls hindered economic efficiency by impeding the mobility of labour.
The workings of state power hindered myriad possibilities for local and individual development.
