chief impediment

Frequency: 6.05.2 per million words

Used to describe the primary or most important obstacle.

impedimentADJECTIVE + NOUN

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Examples (10)

  • The chief impediment to their progress was a lack of funding.
  • Bureaucracy often acts as a chief impediment to rapid change.
  • He identified a shortage of skilled labor as the chief impediment to industrial growth.
  • For many developing nations, poverty remains the chief impediment to educational advancement.
  • Overcoming the chief impediment to communication was their first priority.
  • The outdated legal framework proved to be the chief impediment to innovation.
  • She argued that fear of failure is the chief impediment to personal development.
  • A lack of public trust is often the chief impediment to government reforms.
  • Solving the housing crisis requires addressing its chief impediment: affordability.
  • The chief impediment to widespread adoption of the technology was its high cost.