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hinderance

hinderance is the archaic spelling of hindrance.

Meaning of hindrance

Noun

hindrance (plural hindrances)

  1. Something which hinders: something that holds back or causes problems with something else.
    • High-heeled shoes may be fashionable, but they can also be a hindrance to walking.
  2. The state or act of hindering something.
    • Your hindrance of this process will not be tolerated.

Forms of hinderance

pluralhinderances

Questions about hinderance

What is hinderance the archaic spelling of?
Hinderance is the archaic spelling of hindrance.

Words near hinderance in the dictionary

  1. Hindenburg
  2. Hindenburgian
  3. hinder
  4. Hinder Sea
  5. hinderable
  6. hinderance
  7. hinderances
  8. Hinderclay
  9. hindered
  10. hinderer
  11. hinderers

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Adapted from Wiktionary: hinderance (page history and authors); hindrance (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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