cumbered

English

Etymology

From cumber +‎ -ed.

Adjective

cumbered (comparative more cumbered, superlative most cumbered)

1. (archaic) Encumbered; hampered.
   • 1910, Saki [pseudonym; Hector Hugh Munro], “Cross Currents”, in Reginald in Russia and Other Sketches, London: Methuen & Co. […], →OCLC, page 94:

     Vanessa Pennington had a husband who was poor, with few extenuating circumstances, and an admirer who, though comfortably rich, was cumbered with a sense of honour.

   • 1964, “Allah Made Mesopotamia—and Added Flies”, in The Great War:

     Townsend was five hundred miles from his base, outnumbered, cumbered with sick and wounded. He faced disaster.

Verb

cumbered

1. simple past and past participle of cumber

Anagrams

• recumbed