Lynn Nottage

Ruined' was a play which was somewhat of an anomaly in that I did not take a commission until it was finished because I really wanted to explore the subject matter unencumbered. Otherwise, I felt as though I'd have the voice of dramaturges and literary managers saying, 'This is great, but we'll never be able to produce it.

American Playwright

Erik Prince

The left wants to protect social programs, the right wants to protect defense and intelligence spending and all the rest. I say the defense and intelligence world will be better off with a smaller budget. They would be less encumbered by bloat and able to maneuver the way they used to be able and not trip over themselves.

American Businessman

Barack Obama

In the absence of sound oversight, responsible businesses are forced to compete against unscrupulous and underhanded businesses, who are unencumbered by any restrictions on activities that might harm the environment, or take advantage of middle-class families, or threaten to bring down the entire financial system.

American President

Maria Montessori

We all know the sense of comfort of which we are conscious when a good half of the floor space in a room is unencumbered; this seems to offer us the agreeable possibility of moving about freely.

Italian Educator

Glenn Beck

People should be free, people should be unencumbered by regulation as much as possible, that big government always goes corrupt and the truth shall always set you free.

American Journalist

Robert Collier

It is your work to clear away the mass of encumbering material of thoughts, so that you may bring into plain view the precious thing at the center of the mass.

American Author

Aubrey de Grey

The biggest handicap in research is an ability to think outside the box. The handicap is being encumbered by all the conventional wisdom in a given field.

English Author

A. S. Byatt

The more research you do, the more at ease you are in the world you're writing about. It doesn't encumber you, it makes you free.

English Novelist

Emilio Estevez

All the crap that we've encumbered our lives with, it's really meaningless.

American Actor

Joan Armatrading

I've always written in a free, unencumbered way.

St. Kittsian Musician

Used when actual, heavy items make tasks harder.

Physical Burden

Can describe feelings that make actions feel heavier.

Emotional Weight

Often used metaphorically for non-physical burdens.

Metaphorical Load

Highlights a barrier to efficiency or success.

Hinders Progress

Implies reduced functionality or ability.

Impairment

Specific to rights or claims against a property.

Property Liens

Used when legal issues complicate property matters.

Legal Complexity

Relates to the limitations set by mortgages on properties.

Mortgage Restriction

 We got rid of all the useless things like engines and transmissions. We moved everything to the wheels, so you have the drive motor, the steering motor, the breaking -- all in the wheel. That left the chassis unencumbered, so you can do things like fold, so you can fold this little vehicle up to occupy a tiny little footprint.

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 and it's important thing to do with animals that they can play out their normal lives without you feeling like you're influencing them. Only then can we really immerse ourselves into their lives and let them just get on with it unencumbered.

Encumber