Encumbered is an English word with synonyms like burdened or clogged. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Encumbered meaning
Weighted down, loaded sufficiently to make slow.
Synonyms of Encumbered
Using Encumbered
- The main meaning on this page is: Weighted down, loaded sufficiently to make slow.
- Useful related words include: burdened, heavy-laden, loaded down, clogged.
- In the example corpus, encumbered often appears in combinations such as: encumbered by, less encumbered, encumbered with.
Context around Encumbered
- Average sentence length in these examples: 28.3 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 9 middle, 10 end
- Sentence types: 18 statements, 2 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Encumbered
- In this selection, "encumbered" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 28.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, less, minimally, heavily and character stand out and add context to how "encumbered" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include graduated but encumbered for no and an over encumbered character playing. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "encumbered" sits close to words such as aachen, abayomi and abbots, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with encumbered
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Notwithstanding its growth, Native American history remains encumbered by challenges. (10 words)
What they want is to make a product that is not encumbered by government controls. (15 words)
Walking from bedroom to den was encumbered with an equilibrium imbalance that left me clutching the wall. (17 words)
Yet although Smith was raised in a rural setting, his music, in the words of American critic Adam Shatz, was “less encumbered by traditional song forms”, even if it evoked a “pastoral modernism: spacious, serene, and in no hurry to reach its destination”. (43 words)
It even comes far less encumbered with dusty, cultural baggage of not only the “right” way to do things, but even the “right” way to think about them – including the idea that indoor horticulture is not “real” gardening. (38 words)
The second question is: what's the secrecy in official issues as formal as academic matter and admission into the nation's law school for students that were formally admitted and graduated, but encumbered for no justified reasons? (38 words)
The second question is: what's the secrecy in official issues as formal as academic matter and admission into the nation's law school for students that were formally admitted and graduated, but encumbered for no justified reasons? (38 words)
The second question is: what’s the secrecy in official issues as formal as academic matter and admission into the nation’s law school for students that were formally admitted and graduated, but encumbered for no justified reasons? (38 words)
Example sentences (20)
This is not a problem if the product's implementation is open and minimally encumbered, but it may as well be both closed and heavily encumbered (e.g. by patent claims).
All the same, begging or borrowing some extra inventory from a companion with high strength is likely to provide at least some relief for an over-encumbered character playing with either NPCs or friends.
In all likelihood he is probably not as encumbered by the massive weight of expectation that hung on Adam from the moment he took over.
In that leaked audio, she also alleged that some senior administration figures and high-ranking public officers, including a judge and lawyers, were corrupt and thus encumbered her crusade against graft.
Notwithstanding its growth, Native American history remains encumbered by challenges.
What they want is to make a product that is not encumbered by government controls.
Exploration and looting is the name of the game in Skyrim, which is why getting over-encumbered is one of the most annoying things players can deal with.
She contended that the existing policy, which, among others, required such enterprises to renew their registration annually with information from an auditor was overly burdensome and encumbered the development of budding businesses, and the economy.
The Commission said the home-voting facility, introduced in the history of Lok Sabha elections on a pan-India basis, saw democracy taken to the doorsteps of those encumbered by physical limitations.
This decision allows manufacturers to build better dishwashers, not be encumbered by counterproductive federal regulations,” CEI attorney Devin Watkins said on Monday evening.
Those alternatives likely involve yet more debt, but also the possibility of “creditor-on-creditor violence” as the few remaining unencumbered assets get encumbered.
Through the morass of migration, words become encumbered with meaning, determining who speaks, what language we choose, and where we may or may not go.
It even comes far less encumbered with dusty, cultural baggage of not only the “right” way to do things, but even the “right” way to think about them – including the idea that indoor horticulture is not “real” gardening.
Walking from bedroom to den was encumbered with an equilibrium imbalance that left me clutching the wall.
When not filming, Bill walks everywhere because he hates feeling encumbered and he associates having a car with that feeling, an extra thing to think about, some more keys to carry.
Yet although Smith was raised in a rural setting, his music, in the words of American critic Adam Shatz, was “less encumbered by traditional song forms”, even if it evoked a “pastoral modernism: spacious, serene, and in no hurry to reach its destination”.
However, the J-11B has been encumbered by a major weakness: its domestically produced WS-10A Taihang turbofan engines.
Investing in workout gear that makes you feel good about yourself and even helps to support movement (or leave it less encumbered), can definitely motivate you to keep moving.
The second question is: what's the secrecy in official issues as formal as academic matter and admission into the nation's law school for students that were formally admitted and graduated, but encumbered for no justified reasons?
The second question is: what’s the secrecy in official issues as formal as academic matter and admission into the nation’s law school for students that were formally admitted and graduated, but encumbered for no justified reasons?
Common combinations with encumbered
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- encumbered by 22×
- less encumbered 5×
- encumbered with 4×
- be encumbered 3×
- encumbered and 2×
- but encumbered 2×
- encumbered for 2×
- proprietary encumbered 2×
- is encumbered 2×