verb
- burdening or weighing down with something heavy or cumbersome; hindering or impeding
Usage: present participle of 'incumber'; formal or literary usage
Examples
- The heavy armor was incumbering the soldier's movements.
- Excessive regulations are incumbering small businesses.
- She felt incumbered by the weight of family expectations.
- The old furniture was incumbering the small apartment.
- Debt was incumbering his ability to save for the future.
- The thick fog was incumbering visibility on the highway.