hampering

English

Verb

hampering

1. present participle and gerund of hamper

Noun

hampering (plural hamperings)

1. That which hampers; an impediment.
   • 25 February 1926, Ernest Hemingway, Letter to Isabel Simmons

     I still love you, in spite of the hamperings of your married state and I think Francis is a grand guy and that you married damned well […]