impeditive

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adjective

Causing or being a hindrance; impeding.

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Meanings

adjectiveimpeditive (comparative more impeditive, superlative most impeditive)

comparative more impeditive · superlative most impeditive

  1. Causing or being a hindrance; impeding.

    cumbersome, and impeditive of motion

    1651, Jos[eph] Hall, Susurrium cum Deo. Soliloquies: Or, Holy Self-conferences of the Devout Soul, […], 2nd edition, London: […] Will[iam] Hunt, and are to be sold by George Lathum junior, […], →OCLC
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    the impeditive interposition of many great rivers

    1693, Thomas Urquhart, Peter Antony Motteux, transl., The Third Book

    a factor impeditive to its influence

    2007, Albert P. Rockne, Focus on Fibromyalgia Research

Origin

Compare French impéditif, Italian impeditivo, and Portuguese impeditivo.

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APA

impeditive. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/impeditive

MLA

“impeditive.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/impeditive. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “impeditive,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/impeditive.

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