[en-KUHM-brun(t)s]
noun
A burden, impediment, or hindrance.
Liberated from the encumbrances of wife and child, I was now free to sit at home in a t-shirt while masturbating to daytime television.
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Modern Language Association (MLA Style)
“Encumbrance.” The Effin’ Word, The Effin’ Word, https://effinwords.com/dictionary/encumbrance. Accessed 1 Feb. 2025.
The Chicago Manual of Style (Chicago Style)
The Effin’ Word, s.v. “encumbrance”, accessed February 1, 2025, https://effinwords.com/dictionary/encumbrance.
American Psychological Association (APA Style)
The Effin’ Word. (n.d.). Encumbrance. In The Effin’ Word. Retrieved February 1, 2025, from https://effinwords.com/dictionary/encumbrance