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encumbered

adjective

loaded to excess or impeded by a heavy load

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Word Facts

Word length
10
Starts with
E
Ends with
D
Contains
NC
Scrabble score
17
Database source
OEWN 2025 Core

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adjective

  1. loaded to excess or impeded by a heavy load

    “{'source': 'A.J.Liebling', 'text': 'a summer resort … encumbered with great clapboard-and-stucco hotels'}”

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Example Sentences

{'source': 'A.J.Liebling', 'text': 'a summer resort … encumbered with great clapboard-and-stucco hotels'}
a hiker encumbered with a heavy backpack
an encumbered estate

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