Associations to the word «Hindrance»

Wiktionary

HINDRANCE, noun. Something which hinders: something that holds back or causes problems with something else.
HINDRANCE, noun. The state or act of hindering something

Dictionary definition

HINDRANCE, noun. Something immaterial that interferes with or delays action or progress.
HINDRANCE, noun. Any obstruction that impedes or is burdensome.
HINDRANCE, noun. The act of hindering or obstructing or impeding.

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope