Some examples and use cases from the internet:

Some examples and use cases from the internet:

• Worse still, we humans are encumbered with all sorts of biases — toward optimism, toward our own superiority — that help this cheat along. New York TimesJan ...
• tr.v. en·cum·bered, en·cum·ber·ing, en·cum·bers. 1. To cause to have difficulty in moving or in accomplishing something; burden: a hiker encumbered with a ...
• Red tape encumbers all our attempts at action. 2. to block up or fill with what is obstructive or superfluous: a mind encumbered with trivial and useless ...
• Encumbered means restricted or burdened. It's tricky to take photographs outside in the winter when you're encumbered with thick gloves and layers of coats ...

• and, as Tom, encumbered by his fetters, proceeded to do it, he assisted him, by pulling it, with no gentle hand, from his neck, and putting it in his pocket.
• You might be physically encumbered by having too many things to carry, or your ability to speak freely can be encumbered by the people at the next table who ...
• To encumber is to weigh someone or something down with a physical or psychological burden. You may find yourself encumbered by a heavy backpack or with ...
• 1 : weigh down, burden encumbered by heavy luggage> ... or hamper the function or activity of : hinder encumbered by a lack of trust>.