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impediment impediment /ɪmˈped.ɪ.mənt/ noun [C] FORMAL ► F0 something that makes progress, movement, or achieving something difficult or impossible: » In a number of developing countries, war has been an additional impediment to progress.→ SEE ALSO SPEECH IMPEDIMENT(Cf. ↑speech impediment)Thesaurus+: ↑Difficult things and people , ↑Preventing and impeding |