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A missing pencil can hamper your work.
What does Hamper mean?
Hamper means to make something harder, or a basket for laundry.
Dictionary definition
To make movement, progress, or a task more difficult; also, a basket for clothes or items.
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Heavy rain may hamper the team's outdoor practice.
hard
Confusing directions can hamper progress even when everyone is trying to help.
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What can hamper mean?
As a verb, hamper means to slow or make progress harder.
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Which word is an antonym of hamper?
Help means make something easier, while hamper means make it harder.
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Hamper fits a sentence about making a task more difficult.
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ham · per · strongest beat: ham
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WordHamper.
Partverb, noun.
MeaningHamper means to make something harder, or a basket for laundry.
ExampleExample: A missing pencil can hamper your work.
Word breakdown
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- Syllables
- ham · per
- Strongest beat
- ham
- Ending
- per
- Tip
- Put a little extra energy on ham.
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Hamper word family
Base word
hamper
verb
hampers
Makes harder now or often; also more than one basket.
verb
hampered
Made harder in the past.
verb
hampering
Making something harder.
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