hampersome

comparative more hampersome · superlative most hampersome

1. Characterised or marked by hampering; hindersome.

   The trail from Siboney to San Juan was littered with canned rations, blouses and outfits too hampersome and heavy to carry.

   1900, Proceedings of the Eighteenth Convention of Officers of the Wisconsin National Guard

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   Nowadays, the best we provide against the attack of Whitehead torpedoes is to "Down with your fights," these just being flounces or crinolines of wire rope very ingeniously made but hampersome.

   1906, Walter Thomas Dunn, Journal and Record of Transactions, volume 15, page 336

   Wonderful as is this fabricated revue, there may come a time when the unalterableness of the pattern, now so convenient, may prove hampersome.

   1918, The Judge, volume 75

   An experienced bank architectural would not overload you with an expensive and hampersome system, for the experience gained by serving many banks would allow them not only to properly plan and arrange your bank but to equip it for your present requirements […]

   1925, Bankers Monthly, volume 42, page 60

   In the first place, the provisions on portfolio turnover in the Treasury regulations today are not hampersome to the industry in any way at all.

   1940, Investment Trusts and Investment Companies