1. hamstrung - Adjective
2. hamstrung - Verb
Derived from hamstring
of Hamstring
Source: Webster's dictionaryThe crisis and recession have led to very low interest rates, it is true, but these events have also destroyed jobs, hamstrung economic growth and led to sharp declines in the values of many homes and businesses. Ben Bernanke
I think politicians get hamstrung by the nature of politics when the private sector can really do great things. Henry Rollins
As much as I encourage communication with my readers, I don't want reviews from them, simply because I don't need to be hamstrung in the middle of working on something. Christopher Moore (author)
If you start to just aim for what the audience wants to hear, you're already hamstrung because you don't have any freedom. Andy Richter
Chairman of the NSWMA, Dennis Chung, acknowledged that the agency’s operations have been hamstrung by a shortage of trucks. Source: Internet
A number of historians believe that a Persian victory would have hamstrung the development of Ancient Greece, and by extension western civilization, and this has led them to claim that Salamis is one of the most significant battles in human history. Source: Internet