[
US
/ˌɪmˈpid/
]
[ UK /ɪmpˈiːd/ ]
[ UK /ɪmpˈiːd/ ]
VERB
-
be a hindrance or obstacle to
She is impeding the progress of our project -
block passage through
obstruct the path
How To Use impede In A Sentence
- After her 19th birthday her thrice - divorced manager, afraid that her encroaching adulthood might impede her careerist progress, began to woo her.
- But limited sight seemed in no way to impede his ability to get through the business; indeed it didn't impede his ability to cut to the nub of the matter at issue.
- A speech-impeded or misunderstood/misspelled besmirchment of character “Yo mama, she a slub.” Regretsy – I Don’t
- The paper currencies, moreover, result in fluctuating standards of value which still further impede the free flow of international commerce. The Current Business Situation
- That bridges and barges were being destroyed to impede their progress. Man of Honour
- That mental inquietude will impede digestion is a fact familiar to almost every one; but, I believe, it is not so generally known, that it will with no less certainty retard and alter the nature of the secretion furnished by the breasts of the lactescent female. Remarks on the Subject of Lactation
- With her grandfather's and her death, the new church leaders can unimpededly assume power.
- His examples from the past reveal that greed, hubris and selfishness often impeded recognition of a problem until it was too late.
- Submitting every request to view metadata will slow down and impede investigations and weigh down courts. Times, Sunday Times
- Of course, since my children are running about unimpededly through my house it is harder to concentrate.