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ENCUMBERED

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Loaded to excess or impeded by a heavy load

Example:

an encumbered estate

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

burdened; heavy-laden; loaded down (bearing a physically heavy weight or load)

clogged (loaded with something that hinders motion)

involved; mired (entangled or hindered as if e.g. in mire)

mortgaged (burdened with legal or financial obligations)

Antonym:

unencumbered (free of encumbrance)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Past simple / past participle of the verb encumber

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