"hindersome" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: more hindersome [comparative], most hindersome [superlative]
Etymology: From hinder + -some. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|hinder|some}} hinder + -some Head templates: {{en-adj}} hindersome (comparative more hindersome, superlative most hindersome)
  1. Causing hindrance or setback; impeding; contrary; adverse; problematic Synonyms: thwartful

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          "ref": "2013, Carla Killough McClafferty, Fourth Down and Inches",
          "text": "Only by such radical action can university and college life be rid of an obsession, which, it is believed, has become as hindersome to the great mass of students as it has proved itself harmful to academic standing, and dangerous to human life.",
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          "ref": "2014, Gavin Wood, The Fate of the Jacobite Grenadiers",
          "text": "The sea was choppy but not hindersome. And there was no sign of enemy ships out on the water.",
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          "ref": "2015, Pierre Falzon, Cognitive Ergonomics",
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