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hamstrungadjective not producing the desired resultseveral hamstrung attempts to reorganize the local parent-teacher association were made counterproductive, feckless, ineffective, ineffectual, inefficacious, inefficient, inexpedient abortive, bootless, fruitless, futile, nonproductive, pointless, profitless, unavailing, unproductive, unprofitable, unsuccessful, useless, worthless effective, effectual, efficacious, efficient, expedient, operant, ultraefficient availing, beneficial, helpful, productive, profitable, successful, useful, worthwhile unable to act or achieve one's purposehamstrung by recent congressional limitations on executive power, the president can do little in this situation handcuffed, helpless, high and dry, hog-tied, impotent, impuissant, paralyzed, powerless, weak incapable, incompetent, ineffective, ineffectual, inept, unfit, uselessfeeble, frail, infirm, passive, spineless, supine, unaggressive mighty, potent, powerful, puissant, strong able, capable, competent, effective, efficientauthoritarian, autocratic(also autocratical), despotic, dictatorial, magisterial, tyrannical(also tyrannic)dominant, dynamic, energetic, forceful, robust, sturdy, tough, vigorousimportant, major, significanthigh-level, senior, top to render powerless, ineffective, or unable to movethe downtown development committee claims that it's hamstrung by city ordinances protecting historic buildings crippled, disabled, immobilized, incapacitated, paralyzed, prostrated attenuated, debilitated, enervated, enfeebled, sapped, tired, undercut, undermined, weakenedhobbled, lamedmaimed, mutilatedknocked out energized, galvanized, invigorated, vitalizedfortified, strengthenedempoweredfreshened, refreshed, refreshened, regenerated, rejuvenated, restored, revitalized, revived |