Definitions
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- adjective
Weighted down, loaded sufficiently to make slow. - verb Simple past tense and past participle of
encumber .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective loaded to excess or impeded by a heavy load
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Examples
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The other $500 billion is "encumbered" -- that's a nice way of saying that instead of being invested in "safe" ...
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The other $500 billion is "encumbered" -- that's a nice way of saying that instead of being invested in "safe" ...
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The other $500 billion is "encumbered" -- that's a nice way of saying that instead of being invested in
BloggingStocks 2008
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The other $500 billion is "encumbered" -- that's a nice way of saying that instead of being invested in "safe" ...
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Lawyers for two Detroit pension funds filed papers with Delaware Chancery court late Monday arguing the scope of the plan and the limitations on its repeal "encumbered" the proxy contest.
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McCall says Reed and his new team should be able to make their reforms without being "encumbered" by the past.
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McCall says, Reed and the new team should be able to make their reforms without being, quote, "encumbered" by the past.
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Bourgeois revolutionaries were "encumbered" by these ideas.
Self-Evident Truths? Lynd, Staughton 1968
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Internet streaming that would ordinarily be "encumbered" by deals to play them exclusively on pay TV networks like HBO, Showtime and Starz in first few months after the DVD release.
Megite Technology News: What's Happening Right Now ,Joshua Topolsky 2010
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This choice, though, is to be exercised by a stripped-down version of the individual: one who is no longer "encumbered" (to use a liberal term) by what is inherited or inborn.
Oz Conservative 2009
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