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Plural of hindrance

regular plural

The plural of hindrance is hindrances.

Forms of hindrance

Singularhindrance /ˈhɪndɹəns/
Pluralhindrances
Countablecountable

Hindrances in a sentence

  • All hindrances on the path to liberation are subsumed under the four maras.2011, Graham Woodhouse, Lobsang Gyatso, Tsongkhapa's Praise for Dependent Relativity, Wisdom Publications, page 20. From the entry mara
  • More hindrances appear evident than aidants, or perhaps more about hindrances and barriers is recognized.1975, D. O. Wolfenbarger, Factors Affecting Dispersal Distances of Small Organisms, page 140. From the entry aidant

Meaning of hindrance

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

Full definition of hindrance

Questions about the plural of hindrance

What is the plural of hindrance?
The plural of hindrance is hindrances.
Is hindrance countable?
Hindrance is a countable noun.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: hindrance (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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