Definition of "hamstrung" []

• Restricted as if by being crippled with a hamstring. (adjective)
• Simple past tense and past participle of hamstring. (verb)

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• "Rather than incompetent, I prefer to use the term hamstrung by its minority standing."
• "Strides have been made, she said, but civilian agencies remain hamstrung by bureaucratic rules that make it impossible to spend money quickly."
• "Unfortunately, Obama is yet again hamstrung by the right on this."