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hindersome

hindersome adjective: causing hindrance or setback; impeding; contrary; adverse; problematic.

Adjective

hindersome (comparative more hindersome, superlative most hindersome)

  1. Causing hindrance or setback; impeding; contrary; adverse; problematic.
    • In the days of old, and even yet, the white man's prejudice was very hindersome; but, as time has wore on, and the races have come to expect each other as they know they will be, [...]1915, Oscar Micheaux, The Forged Note: A Romance of the Darker Races
    • [...] Rappard remarked with regard to the starlings in the Baluran area that their activities were considered hindersome by the banteng.1970, A. Hoogerwerf, Udjung Kulon: The Land of the Last Javan Rhinoceros
    Antonyms:
    furthersome, helpful

Examples of hindersome in a sentence

  • When she donned that magical cloak, her hindersome African ancestors became invisible; they disappeared as though by the wave of a wand.2005, Patricia J. Williams, Open House:
  • Another hindersome problem is the lack of awareness among the American public about poverty in the rural areas: [...]2012, G. Thomas-Lycklama-Nijeholt, On the Road for Work:
  • Metaphors can, as well as transfer from prior knowledge, be either helpful or hindersome.2015, Pierre Falzon, Cognitive Ergonomics:

Synonyms of hindersome

Antonyms

Forms of hindersome

comparativemore hindersome
superlativemost hindersome

Origin of hindersome

From hinder + -some.

Questions about hindersome

What does hindersome mean?
Hindersome means causing hindrance or setback; impeding; contrary; adverse; problematic.
How do you use hindersome in a sentence?
When she donned that magical cloak, her hindersome African ancestors became invisible; they disappeared as though by the wave of a wand.
What part of speech is hindersome?
Hindersome is an adjective.

Words near hindersome in the dictionary

  1. hindermost
  2. hinderpart
  3. hinderparts
  4. hinders
  5. Hinderses
  6. hindersome
  7. Hinderwell
  8. Hindes
  9. hindfeet
  10. hindfin
  11. hindfins

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