hindersome

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hindersome

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From hinder + -some.

adjective more hindersome · most hindersome

  1. Causing hindrance or setback; impeding; contrary; adverse; problematic. In the days of old, and even yet, the white man's prejudice was very hindersome; but, as time has wore on, and the races have come to expect each other as they know they will be, [...]

    Similar: thwartful, thwartsome · Opposite: furthersome, helpful

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@misc{hindersome_2026,
  title = {hindersome},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/hindersome},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}