1. a situation or factor that slows down or limits progress or productivity

1. to create or cause a bottleneck; to slow down or restrict the flow or progress of something
Usage: present participle of bottleneck

Examples

• The lack of available servers is bottlenecking our ability to launch the new service.
• Traffic bottlenecking on the highway caused delays for thousands of commuters.
• Insufficient funding is bottlenecking the research project's progress.
• The bottlenecking of supplies led to production delays at the factory.
• Poor communication between departments is bottlenecking our workflow.
• We need to address the bottlenecking issues before we can scale up operations.
• The narrow approval process is bottlenecking decision-making in the organization.