Definition of impediment in English:

impediment

noun ɪmˈpɛdɪm(ə)ntɪmˈpɛdəmənt

1A hindrance or obstruction in doing something.
a serious impediment to scientific progress
Example sentencesExamples
- Even so, enthusiasts insist that the main impediment to major advancements in solar energy is lack of political will.
- Not only could we have reduced taxation but we could have removed the impediments to growth.
- Often, their very human needs come across as clunky impediments to economic progress.
- The gridlock has become a significant impediment to the economy as well.
- The ball can be replaced without penalty if its movement is not a result of removing a loose impediment.
- No such impediments exist in the private sector.
- A common language represents an important mechanism for overcoming physical impediments to communication.
- Certainly there was no major legal impediment to multifunctional banking, in which commercial and investment banking are combined.
- Introducing a brief plot summary should eliminate this impediment.
- Parents thus become an impediment to successful parenting, in need of professional re-education.
- But compliance costs are a very major impediment to growth for smaller businesses.
- The single greatest impediment to creative, revolutionary sustainment progress appears to be entrenched parochial jurisdictions.
- There should be no greater legal impediment to the movement and trade in one case than in the others.
- Therein may lie a serious impediment to success.
- "We must address some of the structural impediments to our success, " she says.
- On top of my hearing impediment I find I can't pick out individual conversations in crowds.
- There appear to be serious impediments to achieving such high penetration rates, especially on a worldwide basis.
- People tell me they don't notice my hearing impediment.
- The trip to Jupiter embodies our ability to overcome the technological impediment.
- He will need to compensate for his hearing impediment by using other senses to warn of dangers.
Synonyms
hindrance, obstruction, obstacle, barrier, bar, handicap, block, check, curb, brake, restraint, restriction, limitation, encumbrance, deterrent
drawback, setback, difficulty, problem, issue, snag, catch, hitch, stumbling block
informal fly in the ointment, hiccup, facer
British informal spanner in the works
North American informal monkey wrench in the works
rare cumber
2A defect in a person's speech, such as a lisp or stammer.
Example sentencesExamples
- Though she eventually recovered consciousness, she was left with a speech impediment and the part of the brain that controls emotions was impaired.
- Even now, stammering has remained a confusing speech impediment for the sufferer as well as for those who have attempted to cure it through medicines.
- My dentist had advised me to wear it in the daytime to realign my jaw, but the only noticeable effect was to give me a speech impediment, tripping over my vowels and lisping every other word.
- I do not have a speech impediment, as my hearing loss didn't develop till I was about seven years old.
- Sir Peter has a slight speech impediment.
- He has a slight speech impediment, a problem pronouncing S's.
- Having a speech impediment, I knew I wouldn't be able to do anything that involved speaking.
- She was too tall for ballet, and a minor speech impediment and poor health excluded her from nursing.
- He suffered from a speech impediment, was unschooled and never learned to read.
- The young man now has memory loss and a speech impediment and could have died.
- On first hearing this one might well assume that the effects were fairly minor - perhaps involving a child having problems with a speech impediment, or being shy and awkward and less creative or inventive than his peers.
- She investigated the matter and discovered that the boy had been neither deaf nor dumb but was born with a speech impediment.
- Is stuttering considered a speech impediment or a learning disability?
- ‘His lisp was a natural speech impediment, but I think [the producers] were concerned over how it would be received,’ he says.
- The person may have had difficulty in communicating with her because she has a speech impediment and so he or she may not be aware that the woman had been assaulted.
- These books know their market: again, this is not a youthquaking story of hard work, sheer pleasure, tradition and talent, but a tale of how Gareth struggled to make it with a speech impediment.
- Elspeth, with her reedy child's voice, carefully lisped her explanation - she always felt it necessary to feign a speech impediment when explicating, it made the matter so very much clearer to everyone involved.
- It also brought out that the young Erika had a speech impediment - a stammer that was so bad she had to go to a special school for one year!
- In the seventeenth century, the country was ruled by a monarch with a severe speech impediment and a fragile ego.
- One of the men, the one not wearing a tie, proved to have an extreme speech impediment but he was very eager.
Synonyms
speech defect, speech impediment, stammer, stutter, lisp
hesitancy, faltering

Derivatives

impedimental

adjective ɪmpɛdɪˈmɛnt(ə)lˌɪmˌpɛdəˈmɛn(t)l

Origin

Late Middle English: from Latin impedimentum, from impedire (see impede).

Definition of impediment in US English:

impediment

nounɪmˈpɛdəməntimˈpedəmənt

1A hindrance or obstruction in doing something.
a serious impediment to scientific progress
Example sentencesExamples
- The single greatest impediment to creative, revolutionary sustainment progress appears to be entrenched parochial jurisdictions.
- The trip to Jupiter embodies our ability to overcome the technological impediment.
- No such impediments exist in the private sector.
- Often, their very human needs come across as clunky impediments to economic progress.
- Introducing a brief plot summary should eliminate this impediment.
- A common language represents an important mechanism for overcoming physical impediments to communication.
- Parents thus become an impediment to successful parenting, in need of professional re-education.
- Even so, enthusiasts insist that the main impediment to major advancements in solar energy is lack of political will.
- Not only could we have reduced taxation but we could have removed the impediments to growth.
- There should be no greater legal impediment to the movement and trade in one case than in the others.
- "We must address some of the structural impediments to our success, " she says.
- There appear to be serious impediments to achieving such high penetration rates, especially on a worldwide basis.
- But compliance costs are a very major impediment to growth for smaller businesses.
- The ball can be replaced without penalty if its movement is not a result of removing a loose impediment.
- Certainly there was no major legal impediment to multifunctional banking, in which commercial and investment banking are combined.
- He will need to compensate for his hearing impediment by using other senses to warn of dangers.
- The gridlock has become a significant impediment to the economy as well.
- On top of my hearing impediment I find I can't pick out individual conversations in crowds.
- People tell me they don't notice my hearing impediment.
- Therein may lie a serious impediment to success.
Synonyms
hindrance, obstruction, obstacle, barrier, bar, handicap, block, check, curb, brake, restraint, restriction, limitation, encumbrance, deterrent
1. 1.1 A defect in a person's speech, such as a lisp or stammer.
  Example sentencesExamples
  One of the men, the one not wearing a tie, proved to have an extreme speech impediment but he was very eager.
  These books know their market: again, this is not a youthquaking story of hard work, sheer pleasure, tradition and talent, but a tale of how Gareth struggled to make it with a speech impediment.
  Though she eventually recovered consciousness, she was left with a speech impediment and the part of the brain that controls emotions was impaired.
  On first hearing this one might well assume that the effects were fairly minor - perhaps involving a child having problems with a speech impediment, or being shy and awkward and less creative or inventive than his peers.
  He has a slight speech impediment, a problem pronouncing S's.
  Even now, stammering has remained a confusing speech impediment for the sufferer as well as for those who have attempted to cure it through medicines.
  She investigated the matter and discovered that the boy had been neither deaf nor dumb but was born with a speech impediment.
  The young man now has memory loss and a speech impediment and could have died.
  Is stuttering considered a speech impediment or a learning disability?
  It also brought out that the young Erika had a speech impediment - a stammer that was so bad she had to go to a special school for one year!
  Elspeth, with her reedy child's voice, carefully lisped her explanation - she always felt it necessary to feign a speech impediment when explicating, it made the matter so very much clearer to everyone involved.
  The person may have had difficulty in communicating with her because she has a speech impediment and so he or she may not be aware that the woman had been assaulted.
  Sir Peter has a slight speech impediment.
  She was too tall for ballet, and a minor speech impediment and poor health excluded her from nursing.
  I do not have a speech impediment, as my hearing loss didn't develop till I was about seven years old.
  In the seventeenth century, the country was ruled by a monarch with a severe speech impediment and a fragile ego.
  ‘His lisp was a natural speech impediment, but I think [the producers] were concerned over how it would be received,’ he says.
  Having a speech impediment, I knew I wouldn't be able to do anything that involved speaking.
  My dentist had advised me to wear it in the daytime to realign my jaw, but the only noticeable effect was to give me a speech impediment, tripping over my vowels and lisping every other word.
  He suffered from a speech impediment, was unschooled and never learned to read.
  Synonyms
  speech defect, speech impediment, stammer, stutter, lisp

Usage

See impedance

Origin

Late Middle English: from Latin impedimentum, from impedire (see impede).

单词	impediment
释义	Definition of impediment in English: impediment noun ɪmˈpɛdɪm(ə)ntɪmˈpɛdəmənt 1A hindrance or obstruction in doing something. a serious impediment to scientific progress Example sentencesExamples Even so, enthusiasts insist that the main impediment to major advancements in solar energy is lack of political will. Not only could we have reduced taxation but we could have removed the impediments to growth. Often, their very human needs come across as clunky impediments to economic progress. The gridlock has become a significant impediment to the economy as well. The ball can be replaced without penalty if its movement is not a result of removing a loose impediment. No such impediments exist in the private sector. A common language represents an important mechanism for overcoming physical impediments to communication. Certainly there was no major legal impediment to multifunctional banking, in which commercial and investment banking are combined. Introducing a brief plot summary should eliminate this impediment. Parents thus become an impediment to successful parenting, in need of professional re-education. But compliance costs are a very major impediment to growth for smaller businesses. The single greatest impediment to creative, revolutionary sustainment progress appears to be entrenched parochial jurisdictions. There should be no greater legal impediment to the movement and trade in one case than in the others. Therein may lie a serious impediment to success. "We must address some of the structural impediments to our success, " she says. On top of my hearing impediment I find I can't pick out individual conversations in crowds. There appear to be serious impediments to achieving such high penetration rates, especially on a worldwide basis. People tell me they don't notice my hearing impediment. The trip to Jupiter embodies our ability to overcome the technological impediment. He will need to compensate for his hearing impediment by using other senses to warn of dangers. Synonyms hindrance, obstruction, obstacle, barrier, bar, handicap, block, check, curb, brake, restraint, restriction, limitation, encumbrance, deterrent drawback, setback, difficulty, problem, issue, snag, catch, hitch, stumbling block informal fly in the ointment, hiccup, facer British informal spanner in the works North American informal monkey wrench in the works rare cumber 2A defect in a person's speech, such as a lisp or stammer. Example sentencesExamples Though she eventually recovered consciousness, she was left with a speech impediment and the part of the brain that controls emotions was impaired. Even now, stammering has remained a confusing speech impediment for the sufferer as well as for those who have attempted to cure it through medicines. My dentist had advised me to wear it in the daytime to realign my jaw, but the only noticeable effect was to give me a speech impediment, tripping over my vowels and lisping every other word. I do not have a speech impediment, as my hearing loss didn't develop till I was about seven years old. Sir Peter has a slight speech impediment. He has a slight speech impediment, a problem pronouncing S's. Having a speech impediment, I knew I wouldn't be able to do anything that involved speaking. She was too tall for ballet, and a minor speech impediment and poor health excluded her from nursing. He suffered from a speech impediment, was unschooled and never learned to read. The young man now has memory loss and a speech impediment and could have died. On first hearing this one might well assume that the effects were fairly minor - perhaps involving a child having problems with a speech impediment, or being shy and awkward and less creative or inventive than his peers. She investigated the matter and discovered that the boy had been neither deaf nor dumb but was born with a speech impediment. Is stuttering considered a speech impediment or a learning disability? ‘His lisp was a natural speech impediment, but I think [the producers] were concerned over how it would be received,’ he says. The person may have had difficulty in communicating with her because she has a speech impediment and so he or she may not be aware that the woman had been assaulted. These books know their market: again, this is not a youthquaking story of hard work, sheer pleasure, tradition and talent, but a tale of how Gareth struggled to make it with a speech impediment. Elspeth, with her reedy child's voice, carefully lisped her explanation - she always felt it necessary to feign a speech impediment when explicating, it made the matter so very much clearer to everyone involved. It also brought out that the young Erika had a speech impediment - a stammer that was so bad she had to go to a special school for one year! In the seventeenth century, the country was ruled by a monarch with a severe speech impediment and a fragile ego. One of the men, the one not wearing a tie, proved to have an extreme speech impediment but he was very eager. Synonyms speech defect, speech impediment, stammer, stutter, lisp hesitancy, faltering Derivatives impedimental adjective ɪmpɛdɪˈmɛnt(ə)lˌɪmˌpɛdəˈmɛn(t)l Origin Late Middle English: from Latin impedimentum, from impedire (see impede). Definition of impediment in US English: impediment nounɪmˈpɛdəməntimˈpedəmənt 1A hindrance or obstruction in doing something. a serious impediment to scientific progress Example sentencesExamples The single greatest impediment to creative, revolutionary sustainment progress appears to be entrenched parochial jurisdictions. The trip to Jupiter embodies our ability to overcome the technological impediment. No such impediments exist in the private sector. Often, their very human needs come across as clunky impediments to economic progress. Introducing a brief plot summary should eliminate this impediment. A common language represents an important mechanism for overcoming physical impediments to communication. Parents thus become an impediment to successful parenting, in need of professional re-education. Even so, enthusiasts insist that the main impediment to major advancements in solar energy is lack of political will. Not only could we have reduced taxation but we could have removed the impediments to growth. There should be no greater legal impediment to the movement and trade in one case than in the others. "We must address some of the structural impediments to our success, " she says. There appear to be serious impediments to achieving such high penetration rates, especially on a worldwide basis. But compliance costs are a very major impediment to growth for smaller businesses. The ball can be replaced without penalty if its movement is not a result of removing a loose impediment. Certainly there was no major legal impediment to multifunctional banking, in which commercial and investment banking are combined. He will need to compensate for his hearing impediment by using other senses to warn of dangers. The gridlock has become a significant impediment to the economy as well. On top of my hearing impediment I find I can't pick out individual conversations in crowds. People tell me they don't notice my hearing impediment. Therein may lie a serious impediment to success. Synonyms hindrance, obstruction, obstacle, barrier, bar, handicap, block, check, curb, brake, restraint, restriction, limitation, encumbrance, deterrent 1.1 A defect in a person's speech, such as a lisp or stammer. Example sentencesExamples One of the men, the one not wearing a tie, proved to have an extreme speech impediment but he was very eager. These books know their market: again, this is not a youthquaking story of hard work, sheer pleasure, tradition and talent, but a tale of how Gareth struggled to make it with a speech impediment. Though she eventually recovered consciousness, she was left with a speech impediment and the part of the brain that controls emotions was impaired. On first hearing this one might well assume that the effects were fairly minor - perhaps involving a child having problems with a speech impediment, or being shy and awkward and less creative or inventive than his peers. He has a slight speech impediment, a problem pronouncing S's. Even now, stammering has remained a confusing speech impediment for the sufferer as well as for those who have attempted to cure it through medicines. She investigated the matter and discovered that the boy had been neither deaf nor dumb but was born with a speech impediment. The young man now has memory loss and a speech impediment and could have died. Is stuttering considered a speech impediment or a learning disability? It also brought out that the young Erika had a speech impediment - a stammer that was so bad she had to go to a special school for one year! Elspeth, with her reedy child's voice, carefully lisped her explanation - she always felt it necessary to feign a speech impediment when explicating, it made the matter so very much clearer to everyone involved. The person may have had difficulty in communicating with her because she has a speech impediment and so he or she may not be aware that the woman had been assaulted. Sir Peter has a slight speech impediment. She was too tall for ballet, and a minor speech impediment and poor health excluded her from nursing. I do not have a speech impediment, as my hearing loss didn't develop till I was about seven years old. In the seventeenth century, the country was ruled by a monarch with a severe speech impediment and a fragile ego. ‘His lisp was a natural speech impediment, but I think [the producers] were concerned over how it would be received,’ he says. Having a speech impediment, I knew I wouldn't be able to do anything that involved speaking. My dentist had advised me to wear it in the daytime to realign my jaw, but the only noticeable effect was to give me a speech impediment, tripping over my vowels and lisping every other word. He suffered from a speech impediment, was unschooled and never learned to read. Synonyms speech defect, speech impediment, stammer, stutter, lisp Usage See impedance Origin Late Middle English: from Latin impedimentum, from impedire (see impede).
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