cumbered

English

Etymology

From cumber + -ed.

Adjective

cumbered (comparative more cumbered, superlative most cumbered)

  1. (archaic) Encumbered; hampered.
    • 1910, Saki [pseudonym; Hector Hugh Munro], “Cross Currents”, in Reginald in Russia and Other Sketches, London: Methuen & Co. [], →OCLC, page 94:
      Vanessa Pennington had a husband who was poor, with few extenuating circumstances, and an admirer who, though comfortably rich, was cumbered with a sense of honour.
    • 1964, “Allah Made Mesopotamia—and Added Flies”, in The Great War:
      Townsend was five hundred miles from his base, outnumbered, cumbered with sick and wounded. He faced disaster.

Verb

cumbered

  1. simple past and past participle of cumber

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