Impediment [noun]

Overall, we consider these to be minor impediments because a rechargeable warmer’s heating time is guaranteed to be longer than a chemically activated option, and the custom control is far greater than a lighter fluid-filled hand warmer.

The sympathy created by his fake impediment lands the job for him.

You would never guess that a few years ago, Gorman was struggling with a speech impediment.

One thing you may not have known is that Gorman overcame a speech impediment.

He insisted that money was not an impediment for state-run vaccination programs.

This, though, was the major impediment in reaching the conference title game for the first time.

One of the main impediments individual citizens or armed groups like the Proud Boys policing the polls is, ironically, also one of the main impediments to voting itself — simply having the time outside work and family commitments, Cooter said.

The decision removes a significant impediment for the partners trying to get their coronavirus shot across the line.

The main impediments are personnel time and money, researchers have found.

India’s restrictions have been such an impediment to the Cupertino-based giant that CEO Tim Cook personally waged a campaign to change them.