impediment
തടസ്സം
definition
noun
a serious impediment to scientific progress
a hindrance or obstruction in doing something.
example
Therein may lie a serious 'impediment' to success.
He has a slight speech 'impediment' , a problem pronouncing S's.
Parents thus become an 'impediment' to successful parenting, in need of professional re-education.
The gridlock has become a significant 'impediment' to the economy as well.
He will need to compensate for his hearing 'impediment' by using other senses to warn of dangers.
People tell me they don't notice my hearing 'impediment' .
The trip to Jupiter embodies our ability to overcome the technological 'impediment' .
He suffered from a speech 'impediment' , was unschooled and never learned to read.
On top of my hearing 'impediment' I find I can't pick out individual conversations in crowds.
The ball can be replaced without penalty if its movement is not a result of removing a loose 'impediment' .
Sir Peter has a slight speech 'impediment' .
The single greatest 'impediment' to creative, revolutionary sustainment progress appears to be entrenched parochial jurisdictions.
Even so, enthusiasts insist that the main 'impediment' to major advancements in solar energy is lack of political will.
a serious 'impediment' to scientific progress
There should be no greater legal 'impediment' to the movement and trade in one case than in the others.
Introducing a brief plot summary should eliminate this 'impediment' .
Certainly there was no major legal 'impediment' to multifunctional banking, in which commercial and investment banking are combined.
But compliance costs are a very major 'impediment' to growth for smaller businesses.
a serious 'impediment' to scientific progress
No such 'impediments' exist in the private sector.
She was too tall for ballet, and a minor 'speech impediment' and poor health excluded her from nursing.
‘His lisp was a natural 'speech impediment' , but I think [the producers] were concerned over how it would be received,’ he says.
My dentist had advised me to wear it in the daytime to realign my jaw, but the only noticeable effect was to give me a 'speech impediment' , tripping over my vowels and lisping every other word.
Having a 'speech impediment' , I knew I wouldn't be able to do anything that involved speaking.
Elspeth, with her reedy child's voice, carefully lisped her explanation - she always felt it necessary to feign a 'speech impediment' when explicating, it made the matter so very much clearer to everyone involved.
Though she eventually recovered consciousness, she was left with a 'speech impediment' and the part of the brain that controls emotions was impaired.
In the seventeenth century, the country was ruled by a monarch with a severe 'speech impediment' and a fragile ego.
These books know their market: again, this is not a youthquaking story of hard work, sheer pleasure, tradition and talent, but a tale of how Gareth struggled to make it with a 'speech impediment' .
Often, their very human needs come across as clunky 'impediments' to economic progress.
Even now, stammering has remained a confusing 'speech impediment' for the sufferer as well as for those who have attempted to cure it through medicines.
Credits: Google Translate
