verb
- restricted or hindered the movement, activity, or development of something
Usage: past tense of trammel
Examples
- The new regulations trammeled the company’s ability to expand.
- She felt trammeled by the strict rules of the boarding school.
- His creativity was trammeled by budget constraints.
- The artist refused to be trammeled by traditional techniques.
- Heavy bureaucracy trammeled the project’s progress.
- The team’s potential was trammeled by poor leadership.