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impedimental

impedimental adjective: of the nature of an impediment; hindering or obstructing.

Adjective

impedimental (comparative more impedimental, superlative most impedimental)

  1. Of the nature of an impediment; hindering or obstructing.
    • impedimental bars; impedimental device
    • Here again, if he had consented to remain quiet, he might have been what the world calls “successful;” but he was troubled with convictions—things so impedimental to success!—and these drew down upon him a sentence of excommunication.1857, George Henry Lewes, “Modern Philosophy: Transition Period: From Proclus to Bacon”, in The Biographical History of Philosophy from Its Origin in Greece Down to the Present Day, Library edition...

impedimental meaning in Tamil

impedimental in Tamil

தடைசெய்கிற, இடையூறு ஏற்படுத்துகிற

Forms of impedimental

comparativemore impedimental
superlativemost impedimental

Origin of impedimental

From impediment + -al.

Questions about impedimental

What does impedimental mean?
Impedimental means of the nature of an impediment; hindering or obstructing.
What is impedimental in Tamil?
Impedimental in Tamil is தடைசெய்கிற, இடையூறு ஏற்படுத்துகிற. See Impedimental meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is impedimental?
Impedimental is an adjective.

Words near impedimental in the dictionary

  1. impedible
  2. impedient
  3. impediment
  4. impediment of crime
  5. impedimenta
  6. impedimental
  7. impedimentary
  8. impedimented
  9. impediments
  10. impediments of crime
  11. impedimetric

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Adapted from Wiktionary: impedimental (page history and authors); impedimental (Tamil Wiktionary) (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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