We are confronted with the paradoxical fact that education has become one of the substantial hindrances to intelligence and freedom of thought.

Physical courage and the love of battle, for instance, are no great help—may even be hindrances—to a civilized man.

There shall be no hindrances to my malicious plan.

Please, I'm asking you. Don't be a hindrance right now.

Some consider linguistic diversity a hindrance; I consider it precious.

I'm just a hindrance.

Lack of money is a serious hindrance in their fight to conquer cancer.

If you're not motivated, go back home. You'll just be a hindrance.

Those new rules were more of a hindrance than a help.

Due to the regularity of the language, speaking Esperanto gives you the feeling of driving on a freeway because all hindrances have been removed. Grammatical exceptions in national languages act like stop signs on the brain and make you feel that you're driving in city traffic.