"impeded" in the verb sense
1. impede, hinder
be a hindrance or obstacle to
"She is impeding the progress of our project"
2. obstruct, obturate, impede, occlude, jam, block, close up
block passage through
"obstruct the path"
"impeded" in the adjective sense
1. impeded
made difficult or slow
"we blamed our impeded progress on lack of money"
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