What is another word for handicap?
Pronunciation:
[ hˈandɪkˌap], [ hˈandɪkˌap], [ h_ˈa_n_d_ɪ_k_ˌa_p]
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Similar words for handicap:
- Achilles heel (noun)
- Achilles' heel (noun)
- attribute (noun)
- balk (noun)
- barrier (noun)
- barrier, obstacle (noun)
- baulk (noun)
- burden, debt (noun)
- care (noun)
- check (noun)
- deterrent (noun)
- detriment (noun)
- difficulty, trouble (noun)
- disability (noun)
- disablement (noun)
- disadvantage (noun)
- disadvantage(s) (noun)
- disease (noun)
- encumbrance (noun)
- golf (noun)
- impediment (noun)
- impotence (noun)
- incapacitate (noun)
- invalid (noun)
- jump (noun)
- liability (noun)
- obstacle (noun)
- penalty (noun)
- physical disability (noun)
- physical incapacity (noun)
- restriction (noun)
- road block (noun)
- stumbling block (noun)
- burden (verb)
- complicate (verb)
- cramp (verb)
- disable (verb)
- encumber (verb)
- equalize (verb)
- give disadvantage (verb)
- hamper (verb)
- handcuff (verb)
- hinder (verb)
- hog-tie (verb)
- interfere (verb)
- oppress (verb)
- restrain (verb)
- restrict (verb)
- retard (verb)
- slow (verb)
Synonyms for Handicap:
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n.
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- jump .
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- double ,
- dressage ,
- flat race ,
- flat racing ,
- furlong ,
- gymkhana ,
- the horses .
- damaging weakness ,
- damaging weaknesses ,
- heel achilles ,
- tender spot ,
- tender spots ,
- weak link ,
- weak links .
- achilles'-heel ,
- achilles-heel ,
- chink armor ,
- chink in armor ,
- chink in the armor ,
- chink the armor ,
- soft underbellies ,
- soft underbelly .
- balk .
- dis composure ,
- dis composures ,
- dis may ,
- dis mays ,
- dis quiet ,
- dis quiets ,
- dis tress ,
- dis tresses ,
- dis-composure ,
- dis-composures ,
- dis-may ,
- dis-mays ,
- dis-quiet ,
- dis-quiets ,
- dis-tress ,
- dis-tresses ,
- fore boding ,
- fore bodings ,
- fore-boding ,
- fore-bodings ,
- fretfulness ,
- fretfulnesses ,
- mis giving ,
- mis-giving ,
- stew ,
- tribulation ,
- un easiness ,
- un easinesses ,
- un happiness ,
- un happinesses ,
- un-easiness ,
- un-easinesses ,
- un-happiness ,
- un-happinesses .
- dis service ,
- dis services ,
- dis-service ,
- dis-services ,
- in juries ,
- in jury ,
- in-jury ,
- marrings ,
- mis chief ,
- mis chiefs ,
- mis-chief ,
- mis-chiefs ,
- spoilings .
- baggage ,
- barrier ,
- block ,
- drawback ,
- encumbrance ,
- hangup ,
- hindrance ,
- impairment ,
- impediment ,
- limitation ,
- load ,
- millstone ,
- obstacle ,
- psychological baggage ,
- restriction ,
- shortcoming ,
- stumbling block .
- Discommodity ,
- adverse circumstance ,
- adverse circumstances ,
- blockings ,
- de privation ,
- de privations ,
- de-privation ,
- de-privations ,
- dis advantage ,
- dis advantages ,
- dis commodities ,
- dis commodity ,
- dis-advantage ,
- dis-advantages ,
- dis-commodities ,
- dis-commodity ,
- discommodities ,
- failings ,
- flaw ,
- fly in ointment ,
- fly in the ointment ,
- fly ointment ,
- fly the ointment ,
- in adequacies ,
- in adequacy ,
- in convenience ,
- in conveniences ,
- in utilities ,
- in utility ,
- in-adequacies ,
- in-adequacy ,
- in-convenience ,
- in-conveniences ,
- in-utilities ,
- in-utility ,
- inadequacy ,
- inutilities ,
- inutility ,
- minuses .
- Sickliness ,
- affection ,
- ague ,
- ailment ,
- apoplexy ,
- attack ,
- breakdown ,
- bug ,
- collapse ,
- complaint ,
- complication ,
- condition ,
- curse ,
- debility ,
- decrepitude ,
- disease ,
- disorder ,
- fever ,
- feverishness ,
- illness ,
- indisposition ,
- infection ,
- infirmity ,
- infliction ,
- malady ,
- malaise ,
- nausea ,
- pestilence ,
- queasiness ,
- sickness ,
- spasm ,
- symptom ,
- syndrome ,
- unhealthiness ,
- virus .
- ball chain ,
- monkey back ,
- monkey on back ,
- monkey on one back ,
- monkey on one's back ,
- monkey on ones back ,
- monkey one back ,
- monkey one's back ,
- monkey ones back ,
- thorn in one side ,
- thorn in one's side ,
- thorn in ones side ,
- thorn in side ,
- thorn one side ,
- thorn one's side ,
- thorn ones side ,
- thorn side .
- ace .
- Indebtment ,
- de bit ,
- de bits ,
- de-bit ,
- de-bits ,
- indebtments ,
- lease ,
- liabilities ,
- mis fortune ,
- mis fortunes ,
- mis-fortunes ,
- remainder .
- Disincentives ,
- dis incentive ,
- dis incentives ,
- dis-incentive ,
- dis-incentives ,
- disincentive ,
- obstacles .
- abatement ,
- chastisement ,
- correction ,
- deduction ,
- forfeiture ,
- judgment ,
- penalty ,
- premium ,
- punishment ,
- retribution .
- Hearing Impairments ,
- hearing impairment ,
- learning disability ,
- physical-disability ,
- speech impairment ,
- speech impairments ,
- visual impairment ,
- visual impairments .
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v.
• burden- bare down on ,
- beared down on ,
- bearing down on ,
- bears down on ,
- bore down on ,
- de press ,
- de pressed ,
- de presses ,
- de pressing ,
- de-press ,
- de-pressed ,
- de-presses ,
- de-pressing ,
- dished it out ,
- dishes it out ,
- dishing it out ,
- dumping on ,
- dumps on ,
- gave it to ,
- gave to ,
- gives it to ,
- gives to ,
- giving it to ,
- made heavy ,
- makes heavy ,
- making heavy ,
- over charge ,
- over charged ,
- over charges ,
- over charging ,
- over load ,
- over loaded ,
- over loading ,
- over loads ,
- over whelm ,
- over whelmed ,
- over whelming ,
- over whelms ,
- over-charge ,
- over-charged ,
- over-charges ,
- over-charging ,
- over-load ,
- over-loaded ,
- over-loading ,
- over-loads ,
- over-whelm ,
- over-whelmed ,
- over-whelming ,
- over-whelms ,
- saddles with ,
- saddling with ,
- snowing under ,
- snows under ,
- sticked it to ,
- sticked to ,
- sticking it to ,
- sticking to ,
- sticks it to ,
- stuck it to .
- adds fuel fire ,
- adds fuel to fire ,
- be devil ,
- be deviled ,
- be deviling ,
- be devilled ,
- be devilling ,
- be devils ,
- be-devil ,
- be-deviled ,
- be-deviling ,
- be-devilled ,
- be-devilling ,
- be-devils ,
- de range ,
- de ranged ,
- de ranges ,
- de ranging ,
- de-range ,
- de-ranged ,
- de-ranges ,
- de-ranging ,
- dis arrange ,
- dis arranged ,
- dis arranges ,
- dis arranging ,
- dis order ,
- dis ordered ,
- dis ordering ,
- dis orders ,
- dis-arrange ,
- dis-arranged ,
- dis-arranges ,
- dis-arranging ,
- dis-order ,
- dis-ordered ,
- dis-ordering ,
- dis-orders ,
- in folded ,
- in folding ,
- in folds ,
- in-fold ,
- in-folded ,
- in-folding ,
- in-folds ,
- inter fuse ,
- inter fused ,
- inter fuses ,
- inter fusing ,
- inter relate ,
- inter related ,
- inter relates ,
- inter relating ,
- inter weave ,
- inter weaved ,
- inter weaves ,
- inter weaving ,
- inter wove ,
- inter woven ,
- inter-fuse ,
- inter-fused ,
- inter-fuses ,
- inter-fusing ,
- inter-relates ,
- inter-weave ,
- inter-weaved ,
- inter-weaves ,
- inter-weaving ,
- inter-wove ,
- interfuses ,
- made intricate ,
- made waves ,
- makes intricate ,
- making intricate ,
- making waves ,
- mucking up ,
- mucks up ,
- multi plying ,
- multi-plied ,
- multi-plying ,
- open can worms ,
- opened can of worms ,
- opened can worms ,
- opening can of worms ,
- opening can worms ,
- opens can of worms ,
- opens can worms ,
- rendered unintelligible ,
- rendering unintelligible ,
- renders unintelligible ,
- snafuing ,
- snarling up ,
- snarls up ,
- up sets ,
- up setting ,
- up-set ,
- up-sets ,
- up-setting .
- abrogate ,
- anesthetize ,
- benumb ,
- botch ,
- cripple ,
- deaden ,
- disarm ,
- dull ,
- enfeeble ,
- impair ,
- invalidate ,
- lame ,
- neutralize ,
- paralyze ,
- prostrate ,
- sap ,
- scotch ,
- screw up ,
- stun ,
- stupefy ,
- tamper ,
- undermine ,
- vitiate ,
- weaken .
- dis commode ,
- dis commodes ,
- dis-commode ,
- dis-commodes ,
- hanged up ,
- hanging up ,
- hangs up ,
- in commode ,
- in commodes ,
- in-commode ,
- in-commodes ,
- made difficult ,
- makes difficult ,
- making difficult ,
- over burden ,
- over burdened ,
- over burdening ,
- over burdens ,
- over-burdened ,
- over-burdening ,
- over-burdens ,
- slowing down ,
- slows down .
- co ordinate ,
- co ordinates ,
- commeasured ,
- commeasures ,
- commeasuring ,
- communized ,
- communizes ,
- evened up ,
- evens up .
- cramp one style ,
- cramp ones style ,
- cramped one style ,
- cramped one's style ,
- cramped ones style ,
- cramped style ,
- cramping one style ,
- cramping one's style ,
- cramping ones style ,
- cramping style ,
- cramps one style ,
- cramps one's style ,
- cramps ones style ,
- cramps style ,
- drag one feet ,
- drag ones feet ,
- dragged feet ,
- dragged one feet ,
- dragged one's feet ,
- dragged ones feet ,
- dragging feet ,
- dragging one feet ,
- dragging one's feet ,
- dragging ones feet ,
- drags feet ,
- drags one feet ,
- drags one's feet ,
- drags ones feet ,
- gat in the way ,
- gat in way ,
- gat the way ,
- gat way ,
- get in way ,
- get the way ,
- get way ,
- gets in the way ,
- gets in way ,
- gets the way ,
- gets way ,
- getting in the way ,
- getting in way ,
- getting the way ,
- getting way ,
- got in the way ,
- got in way ,
- got the way ,
- got way ,
- gotten in the way ,
- gotten in way ,
- gotten the way ,
- gotten way ,
- pre vent ,
- pre venting ,
- pre vents ,
- pre-vent ,
- pre-vented ,
- pre-venting ,
- pre-vents ,
- tie hands ,
- tie one hands ,
- tie ones hands ,
- tied hands ,
- tied one hands ,
- tied one's hands ,
- tied ones hands ,
- ties hands ,
- ties one hands ,
- ties one's hands ,
- ties ones hands ,
- tying hands ,
- tying one hands ,
- tying one's hands ,
- tying ones hands .
- baffle ,
- bar ,
- bottleneck ,
- brake ,
- bung ,
- catch ,
- choke ,
- clog ,
- congest ,
- constipate ,
- constrain ,
- counter ,
- crimp ,
- curb ,
- dam ,
- delay ,
- detain ,
- deter ,
- drag ,
- entangle ,
- entrap ,
- fetter ,
- foul ,
- frustrate ,
- inhibit ,
- interrupt ,
- jam ,
- mire ,
- obstruct ,
- oppose ,
- plug ,
- resist ,
- snag ,
- snarl ,
- stay ,
- stop ,
- tangle ,
- thwart .
- busybodying ,
- fooled with ,
- fooling with ,
- fools with ,
- gat involved ,
- gets involved ,
- getting involved ,
- gotten involved ,
- inter cede ,
- inter ceded ,
- inter cedes ,
- inter ceding ,
- inter fere ,
- inter feres ,
- inter lope ,
- inter loped ,
- inter lopes ,
- inter loping ,
- inter meddle ,
- inter meddled ,
- inter meddles ,
- inter meddling ,
- inter mediate ,
- inter mediated ,
- inter mediates ,
- inter mediating ,
- inter pose ,
- inter posed ,
- inter posing ,
- inter-cede ,
- inter-ceded ,
- inter-cedes ,
- inter-ceding ,
- inter-fere ,
- inter-feres ,
- inter-lope ,
- inter-loped ,
- inter-lopes ,
- inter-loping ,
- inter-meddle ,
- inter-meddled ,
- inter-meddles ,
- inter-meddling ,
- inter-mediated ,
- inter-mediates ,
- inter-mediating ,
- inter-pose ,
- inter-posed ,
- inter-posing ,
- intermits ,
- mixes in ,
- mixing in ,
- mixt in ,
- poked nose in ,
- pokes nose in ,
- poking nose in .
- beating down ,
- beats down ,
- despotized ,
- despotizes ,
- despotizing ,
- dis hearten ,
- dis heartened ,
- dis heartening ,
- dis heartens ,
- dis tressed ,
- dis-hearten ,
- dis-heartened ,
- dis-heartening ,
- dis-heartens ,
- dis-tressed ,
- keeping down ,
- keeps down ,
- out raged ,
- out rages ,
- out-rage ,
- out-raged ,
- out-rages ,
- out-raging ,
- over come ,
- over comes ,
- over coming ,
- over powered ,
- over powering ,
- over powers ,
- over throw ,
- over throwing ,
- over thrown ,
- over throws ,
- over-comes ,
- over-coming ,
- over-power ,
- over-powered ,
- over-powering ,
- over-throw ,
- over-throwing ,
- over-thrown ,
- over-throws ,
- put up on ,
- puts screws to ,
- puts squeeze on ,
- puts the squeeze on ,
- puts up on ,
- puts upon ,
- putting screws to ,
- putting squeeze on ,
- putting the squeeze on ,
- putting up on ,
- putting upon ,
- sub jugate ,
- tyrranized ,
- tyrranizes ,
- tyrranizing ,
- weigh heavy up on ,
- weighed heavy up on ,
- weighed heavy upon ,
- weighing heavy up on ,
- weighing heavy upon ,
- weighs heavy up on ,
- weighs heavy upon .
- choked back ,
- chokes back ,
- choking back ,
- cracked down ,
- cracking down ,
- cracks down ,
- de limit ,
- de limited ,
- de limiting ,
- de limits ,
- de tain ,
- de tains ,
- de-limit ,
- de-limited ,
- de-limiting ,
- de-limits ,
- de-tain ,
- de-tains ,
- keep line ,
- keeping in line ,
- keeping line ,
- keeps in line ,
- keeps line ,
- kept in line ,
- kept line ,
- pro scribe ,
- pro scribed ,
- pro scribes ,
- pro scribing ,
- pro-scribe ,
- pro-scribed ,
- re press ,
- re pressed ,
- re presses ,
- re pressing ,
- re strain ,
- re strained ,
- re straining ,
- re strains ,
- re-presses ,
- re-pressing ,
- re-strain ,
- re-strained ,
- re-straining ,
- re-strains ,
- sate on ,
- sits on ,
- sub due ,
- sub dues ,
- sub-due ,
- sub-dues .
- cools down ,
- de crease ,
- de creased ,
- de creases ,
- de creasing ,
- de fine ,
- de fined ,
- de fines ,
- de fining ,
- de mark ,
- de marked ,
- de marking ,
- de marks ,
- de-crease ,
- de-creased ,
- de-creases ,
- de-creasing ,
- de-fine ,
- de-fined ,
- de-fines ,
- de-fining ,
- de-mark ,
- de-marked ,
- de-marking ,
- de-marks ,
- demarked ,
- demarking ,
- demarks ,
- holding down ,
- holds down ,
- in close ,
- in closed ,
- in closes ,
- in closing ,
- in-close ,
- in-closed ,
- in-closes ,
- in-closing ,
- keeping within bounds ,
- keeping within limits ,
- keeps within bounds ,
- keeps within limits ,
- kept within bounds ,
- kept within limits ,
- pinned down ,
- pre limit ,
- pre limited ,
- pre limiting ,
- pre limits ,
- pre-limit ,
- pre-limited ,
- pre-limiting ,
- pre-limits ,
- prelimited ,
- prelimiting ,
- prelimits ,
- put ice ,
- puts ice ,
- puts on ice ,
- putting ice ,
- putting on ice ,
- re duce ,
- re duces ,
- re strict ,
- re-duce ,
- re-duces ,
- re-strict ,
- sending up ,
- shuts in ,
- shutting in ,
- sur rounded ,
- sur rounding ,
- sur-rounded ,
- sur-rounding .
- bring screeching halt ,
- bringing screeching halt ,
- bringing to screeching halt ,
- brings screeching halt ,
- brings to screeching halt ,
- brought screeching halt ,
- brought to screeching halt ,
- chokes off ,
- closes off ,
- post pone ,
- post pones ,
- post-pones ,
- retardated ,
- retardating ,
- slowing up ,
- slows up .
- anchored it ,
- anchoring it ,
- anchors it ,
- back water ,
- back watered ,
- back watering ,
- back waters ,
- back-watered ,
- back-watering ,
- back-waters ,
- backwatered ,
- backwatering ,
- eased off ,
- eases off ,
- eases up ,
- easing up ,
- embogged ,
- embogging ,
- embogs ,
- hit brakes ,
- hits brakes ,
- hits the brakes ,
- hitting brakes ,
- hitting the brakes ,
- keeping waiting ,
- keeps waiting ,
- kept waiting ,
- lets down flaps ,
- letted down flaps ,
- letting down flaps ,
- loses speed ,
- loses steam ,
- losing speed ,
- losing steam ,
- lost speed ,
- lost steam ,
- re lax ,
- re-lax ,
- reduced speed ,
- reduces speed ,
- reducing speed ,
- reining in ,
- winded down ,
- winds down ,
- wound down .
Other synonyms:
- accessible ,
- going ,
- horse ,
- purse ,
- ringer .
- turf .
Other relevant words:
- Bogged ,
- Bogging ,
- Co-ordinates ,
- Commeasure ,
- Despotize ,
- Downs ,
- Emulated ,
- INCS ,
- Inc ,
- Inclosed ,
- Inclosing ,
- Intermeddle ,
- Intermeddling ,
- Intermitted ,
- Intermitting ,
- Lamed ,
- Lames ,
- Laming ,
- Prelimit ,
- Saddling ,
- Snowed ,
- Snowing ,
- actioned ,
- actioning ,
- bear down on ,
- beat down ,
- box up ,
- bring to screeching halt ,
- burden ,
- busybodied ,
- choke off ,
- choked off ,
- choking off ,
- close off ,
- closed off ,
- closing off ,
- co-ordinate ,
- communize ,
- communizing ,
- complicate ,
- cool down ,
- cooled down ,
- cooling down ,
- coop up ,
- cooped up ,
- cramp ,
- cramp one's style ,
- cramp style ,
- delimitate ,
- delimitated ,
- delimitates ,
- delimitating ,
- demark ,
- democratize ,
- democratized ,
- democratizes ,
- democratizing ,
- disable ,
- dish it out ,
- downed ,
- downing ,
- drag feet ,
- drag one's feet ,
- dump on ,
- dumped on ,
- encumber ,
- encumbered ,
- equalize ,
- equate ,
- even up ,
- evening up ,
- fool with ,
- get in the way ,
- get involved ,
- give it to ,
- give to ,
- giving to ,
- got involved ,
- hamper ,
- handcuff ,
- hang up ,
- held down ,
- hinder ,
- hobble ,
- hog-tie ,
- hogtie ,
- hold down ,
- impeded ,
- inced ,
- inclose ,
- incloses ,
- inhibits ,
- interfere ,
- interfere with ,
- interfered with ,
- interferes with ,
- interfering ,
- interfering with ,
- intermeddled ,
- intermeddles ,
- intermediated ,
- intermediates ,
- intermediating ,
- intermit ,
- keep down ,
- keep within bounds ,
- keep within limits ,
- kept down ,
- lade ,
- leash ,
- make difficult ,
- make heavy ,
- mix in ,
- mixed in ,
- obtrude ,
- oppress ,
- over-burden ,
- overburdened ,
- overcharge ,
- overwhelms ,
- pick on ,
- pin down ,
- pinning down ,
- pins down ,
- poke nose in ,
- put on ice ,
- put screws to ,
- put squeeze on ,
- put the squeeze on ,
- put upon ,
- regularize ,
- regularized ,
- regularizes ,
- regularizing ,
- restrain ,
- restrict ,
- retard ,
- retardate ,
- retardates ,
- saddle with ,
- saddled ,
- saddled with ,
- send up ,
- sends up ,
- sent up ,
- shut in ,
- slow ,
- slow down ,
- slow up ,
- slowed down ,
- slowed up ,
- snow under ,
- snowed under ,
- stick it to ,
- stick to ,
- sticks to ,
- stuck to ,
- tie one's hands ,
- trammel ,
- tyrranize ,
- weigh heavy upon ,
- weighted ,
- weighting .
- Interfuse ,
- embroiled ,
- in fold ,
- inter-relate ,
- inter-related ,
- inter-relating ,
- inter-woven ,
- interfused ,
- interfusing ,
- interrelate ,
- interrelated ,
- interrelates ,
- interrelating ,
- make intricate ,
- make waves ,
- makes waves ,
- muck up ,
- mucked up ,
- open can of worms ,
- render unintelligible ,
- snafued ,
- snarl up ,
- snarled up ,
- up set .
- Pinioning ,
- Unstrengthened ,
- disenable ,
- hamstring ,
- immobilize ,
- pinion ,
- pinioned ,
- pinions ,
- put out of action ,
- render incapable ,
- shoot down ,
- shot down ,
- take out ,
- takes out ,
- taking out ,
- throw monkey wrench in ,
- took out ,
- unbrace ,
- unbraced ,
- unfits ,
- unfitted ,
- unfitting ,
- unstrengthen .
- Disciplining ,
- disciplined ,
- hit with ,
- impose penalty ,
- inflict handicap ,
- put at disadvantage ,
- slap with ,
- throw book at ,
- throw the book at .
- Harnessing ,
- Manacled ,
- Manacling ,
- choke back ,
- corked ,
- corking ,
- crack down ,
- hem in ,
- keep in line ,
- lock up ,
- locked up ,
- locking up ,
- pull back ,
- pulled back ,
- pulling back ,
- pulls back ,
- sit on ,
- sitting on ,
- tie down ,
- tied down ,
- ties down ,
- tying down .
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How to use "Handicap" in context?
What is a handicap?
According to the dictionary, "a disability or disadvantage that limits someone's ability to do something." This definition could easily be expanded to encompass social, economic, and other issues that can impact those with handicaps. In fact, "handicap" is often used as a umbrella term to refer to a variety of issues and challenges, whether real or perceived.
Throughout history, there have been those who have felt that those with handicaps should not have the same opportunities as everyone else.
Paraphrases for Handicap:
Paraphrases are highlighted according to their relevancy:
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Equivalence
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Proper noun, singular
disability, Disabilities.
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Noun, singular or mass
disability, hindrance.
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Proper noun, singular
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Reverse Entailment
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Noun, singular or mass
hurdle, obstacle, obstruction.
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Noun, singular or mass
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Independent
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Noun, singular or mass
barrier, constraint, defect, detriment, downside, flaw, impairment, inadequacy, inconvenience, infirmity, limitation, roadblock, weakness, limitations.
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Noun, singular or mass
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Noun, singular or mass
deficiency, difficulty, drawback, impediment, shortcoming.
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Noun, singular or mass
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- divider, segregator, Detailer, Divorcer, Estranger, Isolator, severer.