impediment

an impediment to reform

a serious impediment to scientific progress.

He has an impediment in speech.

Some small impediment slowed his conversation.

What is the significance of diriment impediments?

There are no legal impediments to their appealing against the decision.

The new taxes were a major impediment to economic growth.

There are two kinds: hindering impediments which forbid marriage, and diriment impediments, which destroy marriage.

Overcrowded prisons are an impediment to the rehabilitation of criminals. Asnag is an unforeseen or hidden, often transitory obstacle:

Their boycott of the talks constitutes a serious impediment to peace negotiations.

The agreement is designed to remove impediments to trade between the two countries.

He has been the sole impediment. so the blame lies squarely there.

Of course, our limitations pose no impediment to the search for truth.

Some students have asked me about, " What if I have a speech impediment? "

Insects have a physical impediment to reach the body, but they don't give up.

In my opinion, these two barriers are the main impediments that get in the way of good decision-making.

You could hear the wind, trapped in his chest and struggling with all the unnatural impediments.

What was a kind of impediment to their personal rule?

It will probably replace bureaucratic impediments to capital mobility with price-based deterrents, such as taxes on foreign holdings.

You got rid of an impediment, but that's not enough.

When she spoke, the words escaped awkwardly from lips stiffened by a speech impediment.