hampersome
hampersome adjective: characterised or marked by hampering; hindersome.
Adjective
hampersome (comparative more hampersome, superlative most hampersome)
- Characterised or marked by hampering; hindersome.
- The trail from Siboney to San Juan was littered with canned rations, blouses and outfits too hampersome and heavy to carry.1900, Proceedings of the Eighteenth Convention of Officers of the Wisconsin National Guard
- Nowadays, the best we provide against the attack of Whitehead torpedoes is to "Down with your fights," these just being flounces or crinolines of wire rope very ingeniously made but hampersome.1906, Walter Thomas Dunn, Journal and Record of Transactions, volume 15, page 336
Examples of hampersome in a sentence
- Wonderful as is this fabricated revue, there may come a time when the unalterableness of the pattern, now so convenient, may prove hampersome.1918, The Judge, volume 75:
- In the first place, the provisions on portfolio turnover in the Treasury regulations today are not hampersome to the industry in any way at all.1940, Investment Trusts and Investment Companies:
Forms of hampersome
| comparative | more hampersome |
|---|---|
| superlative | most hampersome |
Origin of hampersome
From hamper (verb) + -some.
Questions about hampersome
- What does hampersome mean?
- Hampersome means characterised or marked by hampering; hindersome.
- How do you use hampersome in a sentence?
- Wonderful as is this fabricated revue, there may come a time when the unalterableness of the pattern, now so convenient, may prove hampersome.
- What part of speech is hampersome?
- Hampersome is an adjective.
Words near hampersome in the dictionary
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