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    Synonyms and Definitions

    Use "incumbrance" in a sentence

    incumbrance example sentences

    incumbrance


    1. that the incumbrance of her belongings made escape


    2. outdistancing them with the incumbrance of her habit


    3. In its rude beginnings, the greater part of every country is covered with wood, which is then a mere incumbrance, of no value to the landlord, who would gladly give it to any body for the cutting


    4. The whole expense of justice, too, might easily be defrayed by the fees of court ; and, without exposing the administration of justice to any real hazard of corruption, the public revenue might thus be entirely discharged from a certain, though perhaps but a small incumbrance


    5. But the turnpike tolls, being continually augmented in this manner, instead of facilitating the inland commerce of the country, as at present, would soon become a very great incumbrance upon it


    6. I also saw that I was an incumbrance in the mind of the elder, too


    7. , no incumbrance whatever


    8. Under its canons investment had now become so beautifully simple that research was unnecessary and elaborate statistical data a mere incumbrance


    9. This difference in the species is no doubt imputable in no small degree to the greater quantity of bone in the Right Whale; his Venetian blinds alone sometimes weighing more than a ton; from this incumbrance the Sperm Whale is wholly free


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    Synonyms for "incumbrance"

    encumbrance hinderance hindrance hitch incumbrance interference preventative preventive burden load onus

    "incumbrance" definitions

    a charge against property (as a lien or mortgage)


    an onerous or difficult concern


    any obstruction that impedes or is burdensome