encumbered

en·cum·ber  (n-kmbr)

tr.v. en·cum·bered, en·cum·ber·ing, en·cum·bers

1. To put a heavy load on; burden: a hiker who was encumbered with a heavy pack; a life that has always been encumbered with responsibilities.

2. To hinder or impede the action or performance of: restrictions that encumber police work.

3. To burden with legal or financial obligations: an estate that is encumbered with debts.

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[Middle English encombren, from Old French encombrer, to block up : en-, in; see en-¹ + combre, hindrance (from Gaulish *comboros).]

Thesaurus

Adj.

1.

encumbered - loaded to excess or impeded by a heavy load; "a summer resort...encumbered with great clapboard-and-stucco hotels"- A.J.Liebling; "a hiker encumbered with a heavy backpack"; "an encumbered estate" unencumbered - free of encumbrance; "inherited an unencumbered estate"

Translations

encumbered [ɪnˈkʌmbə^rd] adj → encombré(e)
to be encumbered with sth [+ luggage] → être encombré(e) de qch; [+ debts] → être criblé(e) de qch; [+ rules, regulations] → être surchargé(e) de qch

encumbered [ɪnˈkʌmbəd] adj to be encumbered (with) → essere carico/a di

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encumbered [ɪnˈkʌmbəd] adj to be encumbered (with) → essere carico/a di