Similar words: impediment, impedimenta, impending, impede, impeded, impedance, unimpeded, simpering. Meaning: [ɪm'pɪːd] 
adj. preventing movement.
adj. preventing movement. (31) The major reason impeding the development of the family business lies in the inferior corporate governance.
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