He rightly identified air resistance as the largest impediment and energy cost in high speed transportation.
Any look at how kids have adapted to social networking and technology will tell you that gaming isn't an impediment to learning.
Taking this job would have been a impediment to your goals.
Scarcity of resources is not an impediment but an enabler for frugal innovation.
Another impediment is the unnecessarily rigid restriction on speed.
But the biggest impediment may simply be a lack of quality control.
Bribery of local officials combined with the lack of financial resources and national political will are the main impediment.
At the moment, he says, the key impediment to such progress is the continuing presence of the names.
Once there, they acted as an impediment to future sales and often had to be dumped later at low prices.
For a romantic comedy to work, there needs to be some impediment to the two leads getting together.
British Dictionary definitions for impediment
impediment
/ɪmˈpɛdɪmənt/
noun
1.
a hindrance or obstruction
2.
a physical defect, esp one of speech, such as a stammer
3.
(law) (pl) -ments, -menta (-ˈmɛntə). an obstruction to the making of a contract, esp a contract of marriage by reason of closeness of blood or affinity
Derived Forms
impedimental, impedimentary, adjective
Word Origin and History for impediment
n.
c.1400, from Latin impedimentem "hindrance," from impedire "impede," literally "to shackle the feet," from assimilated form of in- "into, in" (see in- (2)) + pes (genitive pedis) "foot" (see foot (n.)).
impediment in Medicine
impediment im·ped·i·ment (ĭm-pěd'ə-mənt) n.
Something that impedes; a hindrance or an obstruction.
An organic defect preventing clear articulation of speech.