Literary notes about Hampered (AI summary)
The term "hampered" is often used in literature to describe a state of limitation or obstruction imposed by various factors—whether physical, emotional, or institutional. In historical and military contexts, it underscores how rigid systems or adverse conditions impede progress, as when central authority is seen as a hindrance to individual success ([1], [2]). In narratives concerning personal experience, the word extends to depict tangible restraints, such as restrictive clothing or physical encumbrances ([3], [4]), as well as less obvious barriers like moral scruples or inherited biases ([5], [6]). Whether describing the constraints placed on a soldier’s movements or the internal struggles of a character, "hampered" effectively conveys the idea of being held back by forces beyond one's control ([7], [8]).
- Napoleon undoubtedly owed much of his extraordinary success to the fact that he was not hampered by central authority.]
— from The Art of War by active 6th century B.C. Sunzi - In the West the Confederate generals were fatally hampered by the orders of the President.
— from Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave by Frederick Douglass - I swam more vigorously, but hampered by clothes that were as restricting as a cloak made of lead, I was managing with only the greatest difficulty.
— from Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas: An Underwater Tour of the World by Jules Verne - On his thin, weak legs were heavy chains which hampered his irresolute movements.
— from War and Peace by graf Leo Tolstoy - That it is apt to be hampered by material necessities or complicated by moral scruples?
— from The House of Mirth by Edith Wharton - The very will to live finds itself so much hampered in this particular manifestation that it cannot put forth its energies.
— from The World as Will and Idea (Vol. 1 of 3) by Arthur Schopenhauer - The Americans, Nazis and Russians were hampered by the number of competing agencies.
— from Psychological Warfare by Paul Myron Anthony Linebarger - One advantage I had, and that was not being hampered in any way as regards dress.
— from A Camera Actress in the Wilds of Togoland The adventures, observations & experiences of a cinematograph actress in West African forests whilst collecting films depicting native life and when posing as the white woman in Anglo-African cinematograph dramas by Meg Gehrts
