hamstrung
to be stopped from doing something
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"Doctors HAMSTRUNG in aid efforts - Volunteer physicians are pouring in to care for the sick, but government bureaucracy is keeping hundreds of others from caring for Hurricane Katrina survivors while health problems escalate."
(Associated Press - 4th September 2005)
(Associated Press - 4th September 2005)
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ham-strung
"Hamstrings" are any of the tendons at the rear hollow of the human knee, or the similar muscle in an animal
to hamstring has two main meanings:
1. to cut the hamstring of (an animal or a person) and thereby cripple.
2. To destroy or hinder the efficiency of; to frustrate
In general conversation we often talk about being "hamstrung by rules and regulations."
Synonyms:
crippled, hamstrung, handicapped, incapacitated, paralyzed, powerless, sidelined, silenced, stalled, superannuated
"Hamstrings" are any of the tendons at the rear hollow of the human knee, or the similar muscle in an animal
to hamstring has two main meanings:
1. to cut the hamstring of (an animal or a person) and thereby cripple.
2. To destroy or hinder the efficiency of; to frustrate
In general conversation we often talk about being "hamstrung by rules and regulations."
Synonyms:
crippled, hamstrung, handicapped, incapacitated, paralyzed, powerless, sidelined, silenced, stalled, superannuated
