Verb (used with object) : Their efforts were hamstrung by stubborn pride. From Dictionary.com.
Rather than incompetent, I prefer to use the term hamstrung by its minority standing. From Wordnik.com. [Army Rumour Service] Reference
Unfortunately, Obama is yet again hamstrung by the right on this. From Wordnik.com. [Gates considering selective enforcement of 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell'] Reference
Strides have been made, she said, but civilian agencies remain hamstrung by bureaucratic rules that make it impossible to spend money quickly. From Wordnik.com. [Gates defends new Afghan war strategy] Reference
This crew is hamstrung from the start, having little material to work with: a brief team history and a club that is almost 30 games below .500. From Wordnik.com. [USATODAY.com - Still No. 1, Scully has Dodgers team at the top] Reference
ENTERPRISE was hamstrung from the beginning. From Wordnik.com. [Matthew Yglesias » The Final Frontier] Reference
Developing that strong persona kind of hamstrung him. From Wordnik.com. [Jeff Bridges strikes a new chord in 'Crazy Heart'] Reference
Moody's recently downgraded Legg over such issues, and Goldman Sachs says Legg is now "hamstrung" by SIV woes. From Wordnik.com. [Fed Rate Cut Means Little to Markets] Reference
"The request from the President 'hamstrung' the Admiral, forcing him to re-open the berms debate," the report states. From Wordnik.com. [Obama's oil commission skewers Jindal, Nungesser -- and Obama] Reference
Maharaj, on the other hand, told Hefer in a closing statement that the lack of access to intelligence files had "hamstrung" the judge in his duties. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
"There's no question we were kind of hamstrung a little without him," Wiles said. From Wordnik.com. [StAugustine.com] Reference
A Kia spokesperson says the company feels "hamstrung" by the traditional: 30 TV spot. From Wordnik.com. [Media Buyer Planner] Reference
Bob: You know it used to be that we were kind of hamstrung by the transits of the heavenly bodies. From Wordnik.com. Reference
He said Windows 7 is "hamstrung" with a non-tablet app legacy and that the WebOS developer community is small. From Wordnik.com. [Computerworld News] Reference
Calling for an urgent defence review, Lord Ashdown said the MoD was "sclerotic and resistant to change", outdated and "hamstrung" by in-fighting. From Wordnik.com. [Latest news, breaking news, current news, UK news, world news, celebrity news, politics news] Reference
Ms Legosz said "hamstrung" police couldn't afford to spend time pursuing noisy trail bike complaints when there were other far more important policing priorities. From Wordnik.com. [Latest News - Yahoo!7 News] Reference
But only six months into iPhone game development, Carmack says he already finds himself "hamstrung" by people's expectations of controls set by his previous games. From Wordnik.com. [Kotaku] Reference
"The squeaky wheel in the community gets heard more often than the famous silent majority, and to the extent that happens, a council member is kind of hamstrung," Nienstedt said. From Wordnik.com. [Fore, right!] Reference
"hamstrung" by the agreed statement of facts, which he did not believe was true. From Wordnik.com. [Latest News - Yahoo!7 News] Reference
A critic is, of course, hamstrung in trying to describe the plot. From Wordnik.com. [Deathtrap] Reference
But Arafat has been hamstrung by worries about squeezing too hard. From Wordnik.com. [Spooking The Spooks] Reference
But impatient entrepreneurs argue they are being hamstrung unnecessarily. From Wordnik.com. [See Chen Run] Reference
So they might not prove as instinctively hamstrung by ideological taboos. From Wordnik.com. [Beijing Battle] Reference
The CPSC's ATV non-recall: A dangerous precedent for a hamstrung agency . From Wordnik.com. [Kazuma replies: Meerkat 50 just a "toy ATV"] Reference
Investigators are hamstrung by Germany's strict civil-liberties protections. From Wordnik.com. [Catch Me If You Can] Reference
Good thing Microsoft isn't hamstrung by some silly "don't be evil" corporate mantra. From Wordnik.com. [You don't know tech: The InfoWorld news quiz] Reference
The football union has been hamstrung by internal conflict on a lot of issues lately. From Wordnik.com. [D.C. Lawyer To Head NFL Players Association] Reference
Those who want to fight discrimination find themselves hamstrung by laws favoring employers. From Wordnik.com. [Myth and Reality] Reference
Aso's Japan is hamstrung by its pacifist Constitution, gutless politicians and rudderless military. From Wordnik.com. [Smoke Alarm] Reference
But my question is: How can we impact the economy positively if we're sort of, you know, hamstrung?. From Wordnik.com. [Planet Money Explains Latest Economic Numbers] Reference
The titular Democratic leaders, on Capitol Hill, are hamstrung by the numbers and their own temperaments. From Wordnik.com. [Political Lives: Democrats' Fortunes Unraveling?] Reference
Most have been hamstrung by the 9/11 problem: it's too big to be ignored, but too unwieldy to be tackled head-on. From Wordnik.com. [‘The Corrections’] Reference
But in Taiwan, financial services remain hamstrung, thanks to the government's penchant for interfering with banks. From Wordnik.com. [Global Investor: Ruchir Sharma] Reference
"We were hamstrung from the beginning by an inability to actually do anything," said another participant in the meeting. From Wordnik.com. [Iraq's Real WMD] Reference
The prime ministerial candidate, a compromise choice, is certain to be hamstrung as well by the vested interests that chose him. From Wordnik.com. ['Compassionate Colonialism'] Reference
He learned that during the Carter years, when Secretary of State Cyrus Vance's feuding with Zbigniew Brzezinski hamstrung policy. From Wordnik.com. [An Unlikely Tough Guy] Reference
Rescue personnel were largely hamstrung as the fear that surrounding buildings also would collapse prevented aggressive excavation efforts. From Wordnik.com. [The Rescue Begins] Reference
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