hindrance

a hindrance to the development process.

A habit of dissimulation is a hindrance, and a poorness to him.

they proved more of a hindrance than a help.

Lack of experience does not constitute a major hindrance to progress.

The three-dimensional hindrance pored model can be applied to characterize the nonelectrolyte separation.

As steric hindrance of the aryl amine decreased and nucleophilicity increased, occurrence of the transfor-mation reaction increased and herbicidal activity of the product decreased.

My patrolling here is a hindrance to those searching for herbs and scorpions, cutting off their profits.Once I was even shown where they had setup a mantrap!