1. affected by or experiencing a bottleneck; slowed down or restricted by a limiting factor

1. past tense and past participle of bottleneck; to create or cause a bottleneck that slows or restricts progress

Examples

• The project became bottlenecked when the supplier failed to deliver materials on time.
• Traffic was bottlenecked at the bridge during rush hour.
• Poor communication bottlenecked the team's productivity.
• The manufacturing process was bottlenecked by outdated equipment.
• Server capacity bottlenecked the website's performance during peak hours.
• The approval process bottlenecked several important initiatives.
• We found that inventory management had bottlenecked our distribution network.