hamstrung

hamstrung
Restricted as if by being crippled with a hamstring.

The hamstrung State environmental Protection Administration might get ministerial status.


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  • hamstrung — index marred Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • hamstrung — UK [ˈhæmˌstrʌŋ] US adjective prevented from doing what you want to do Thesaurus: in a difficult situationsynonym …   Useful english dictionary

  • Hamstrung — Hamstring Ham string , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Hamstrung}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Hamstringing}. See {String}.] To lame or disable by cutting the tendons of the ham or knee; to hough; hence, to cripple; to incapacitate; to disable. [1913 Webster] So have… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • hamstrung — See hamstring, hamstrung …   Dictionary of problem words and expressions

  • hamstrung — (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) a. crippled, handicapped. see disabled …   English dictionary for students

  • hamstrung — ham|strung [ hæm,strʌŋ ] adjective prevented from doing what you want to do …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • hamstrung — ham·string || hæmstəɪŋ n. knee tendon (Anatomy) v. cut the hamstring or hamstrings; cripple, disable …   English contemporary dictionary

  • hamstrung — UK [ˈhæmˌstrʌŋ] / US adjective prevented from doing what you want to do …   English dictionary

  • hamstrung — [ˈhæmˌstrʌŋ] adj prevented from doing what you want to do …   Dictionary for writing and speaking English

  • hamstring, hamstrung — A hamstring is one of the tendons around the hollow of the knee. (One meaning of the word ham applies to the part of the human leg back of the knee.) As a verb, hamstring means to cripple or disable, to render powerless : You are trying to… …   Dictionary of problem words and expressions

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