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ENCUMBERED
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Loaded to excess or impeded by a heavy load
Example:
an encumbered estate
Classified under:
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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