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adjective

Definition of handcuffednext
as in helpless
unable to act or achieve one's purpose handcuffed by a dearth of funding, the preservation society can do little but stand by as these historic structures deteriorate

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handcuffed

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verb

past tense of handcuff
1
as in bound
to confine or restrain with or as if with chains wanted to take the trip, but was handcuffed by her responsibility to watch her ailing father

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as in hampered
to create difficulty for the work or activity of the fear that the new mandatory, standardized tests will handcuff the state's teachers, who will have to specifically tailor their lesson plans for the test

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for handcuffed
  1. helpless
  2. bound
  3. paralyzed
  4. tied
  5. impeded
  6. weak
  7. obstructed
Adjective
  • The wind is bending thick swirls of flame over Sunset Boulevard and the firefighters are helpless to stop it.
    Matt Gutman, ABC News, 9 Jan. 2025
  • Buster the yellow Lab is a thicc fella who can stop, but will not stop, gleefully belly flopping into his swimming pool despite the increasingly helpless and desperately profane protestations of his mother.
    Julie Klausner, Vulture, 27 Dec. 2024
Definition of helpless
Verb
  • The 58-acre parcel is bounded by 13th Avenue and 6th Avenue to the north and south and by Osage Street and Seminole Road to the east and west.
    Parker Gabriel, The Denver Post, 5 Jan. 2025
  • Golden also bounds back onto several other tallies as its sales grow exponentially.
    Hugh McIntyre, Forbes, 29 Dec. 2024
Definition of bound
Adjective
  • After October 7th, people were shocked and stunned and paralyzed and afraid of rockets and trying to figure out where their dead bodies were and whether their kids were dead or captive.
    Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 2 Jan. 2025
  • The inspirational documentary chronicles the actor's storied rise but mainly focuses on his later life and work championing people with disabilities and spinal-cord injuries after a horse-riding accident left him paralyzed.
    Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 24 Dec. 2024
Definition of paralyzed
Verb
  • Williams tied a career high with four made 3-pointers, and Keon Johnson tied a career high with eight assists.
    C.J. Holmes, New York Daily News, 5 Jan. 2025
  • After the first quarter ended with the score tied at 22, the Jazz dominated the Heat 40-19 in the second quarter to enter halftime with a 21-point lead.
    Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 5 Jan. 2025
Definition of tied
Verb
  • Late in the game, #63 of the Baltimore Colts threw a great block that impeded two of the Giants defenders to spring Alan Ameche (#35) for a long gain.
    Drew Carberry, Baltimore Sun, 22 Dec. 2024
  • In addition to extreme weather conditions, the cast and crew had to contend with various Hollywood strike shutdowns that impeded filming.
    Dana Feldman, Forbes, 18 Dec. 2024
Definition of impeded
Adjective
  • Its woman-on-the-run story is weak at times, not quite engaging enough to get through the constant death and destruction.
    Kelly Lawler, USA TODAY, 9 Jan. 2025
  • China’s persistently low consumer inflation indicates that China is struggling with weak domestic demand, stoking fears of deflation.
    Yeo Boon Ping, CNBC, 9 Jan. 2025
Definition of weak
Verb
  • But there are still 5,000 seats that have obstructed views.
    Scott Powers, The Athletic, 28 Dec. 2024
  • Such large-scale research has been difficult, particularly during the most deadly waves of the pandemic when clinic restrictions and medical emergencies obstructed consistent testing.
    Bloomberg, The Mercury News, 27 Dec. 2024
Definition of obstructed
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