as in paralyzing
to render powerless, ineffective, or unable to move
the downtown development committee claims that it's hamstrung by city ordinances protecting historic buildings
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Recent Examples of hamstringing
Ultimately, that could mean hamstringing tech companies’ efforts to reduce hateful or false content on their platforms.
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Clare Duffy, CNN, 29 Nov. 2024
These impending realities presage unimagined new social welfare burdens for a no longer dazzling Chinese economy and may end up hamstringing the funding for Beijing’s international ambitions.
—Nicholas Eberstadt, Foreign Affairs, 10 Oct. 2024
Clare Duffy, CNN, 29 Nov. 2024
These impending realities presage unimagined new social welfare burdens for a no longer dazzling Chinese economy and may end up hamstringing the funding for Beijing’s international ambitions.
—Nicholas Eberstadt, Foreign Affairs, 10 Oct. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hamstringing
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Already this year, corporate giants like AT&T, Ticketmaster and United Health have suffered paralyzing cyberattacks, and now, businesses are bracing for the holidays, a time when many cybersecurity operations rely on skeleton staffing.Nicole Sganga, CBS News, 22 Nov. 2024
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The anxiety of overloading your skin with products can be paralyzing.Celeste Polanco, Essence, 22 Nov. 2024
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During the past 18 months, Johnson eliminated 456 Police Department vacancies, stunting any potential growth in ranks and canceled police academy training classes, further undermining the department’s future capability.Dylan Sharkey, Chicago Tribune, 11 Dec. 2024
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Telecom companies and federal regulators were asleep on the job and as a result, Americans’ calls, messages, and phone records have been accessed by foreign spies intent on undermining our national security.Zak Doffman, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
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One concern Giordano brings up is rapamycin further weakening a person’s immune system.Jocelyn Solis-Moreira, Flow Space, 10 Dec. 2024
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Additionally, stronger enforcement of existing sanctions and the introduction of tariffs on Russian goods, in addition to the goods of its backers — weakening Putin’s grip on power and the Russian economy.Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, TIME, 10 Dec. 2024
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Although this type of stroke only accounts for 13% of strokes in the US, ICH strokes can be disabling and fatal.Mill Etienne, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
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Vaccination has prevented billions of children from contracting this disabling and life-threatening disease and is the only way to wipe out polio completely.Cynthia Tully, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024
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“Hamstringing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hamstringing. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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