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say it: en-KUHM-burd
encumbered is an adjective meaning "loaded to excess or impeded by a heavy load". It is pronounced /ɛnˈkʌmbɚd/ — en-KUHM-burd. It carries one recorded sense.
loaded to excess or impeded by a heavy load
“a summer resort...encumbered with great clapboard-and-stucco hotels”
“a hiker encumbered with a heavy backpack”
“an encumbered estate”
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for encumbered come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.