hamstrung
English
Adjective
hamstrung (comparative more hamstrung, superlative most hamstrung)
- (figuratively) Restricted as if by being crippled with a hamstring.
- 2008, Simon Elegant, "China Blog— The National People's Congress: Rubber Stamp?," Time, 5 Mar.,
- The hamstrung State environmental Protection Administration might get ministerial status.
- 2015, Charles Hodgson, Carnal Knowledge: A Navel Gazer's Dictionary of Anatomy, Etymology, and Trivia, St. Martin's Griffin (→ISBN), page 202
- To be hamstrung is to be unable to do what you want to do, as in “the government is hamstrung by the strike.” Literally it is to be crippled because your hamstrings have been cut and you cannot bend your knee. The word ham arose in English […]
- 2008, Simon Elegant, "China Blog— The National People's Congress: Rubber Stamp?," Time, 5 Mar.,
Translations
restricted as if with a crippling hamstring
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