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Definition

to prevent something

At one time, stymie referred specifically to a situation in golf whereby someone is unable to putt the ball into the hole because another player's ball blocks the hole.

Treatment for drug addiction is often stymied by unaddressed psychiatric conditions that underlie the addiction.

stymied = prevented

Education initiatives are too often stymied by a culture that doesn't adequately value education.
They hope the new formation will stymie the Steelers' offense.
And for a moment he was stymied.
Gary Paulsen -- Hatchet

stymied = stopped (prevented from...)

The First Keep was simple enough, an old round drum tower, but Sansa was stymied again when it came to putting the gargoyles around the top.
George R.R. Martin -- A Storm of Swords
They were polite and did not say much, seeming to give deference to my coiled, stymied rage.
Piper Kerman -- Orange Is the New Black
After his attempt to depart the wilderness was stymied by the Teklanika's high flow, McCandless arrived back at the bus on July 8.
Jon Krakauer -- Into the Wild
Stymied, Eragon grimaced and rubbed his chin, studying the play of light across the glittering blade.
Christopher Paolini -- Brisingr
I sat hunched over, stymied.
Dave Peizer -- A Man Named Dave
Uncle Press and Alder were stymied.
D.J. Machale -- The Merchant of Death
Having worked since I was eight, I had acquired the habit of work, but I was stymied about what kind of full-time work I might be fit for.
Russell Baker -- Growing Up
But a start was all they had, for even after a long discussion, the children were left stymied.
Trenton Lee Stewart -- The Mysterious Benedict Society
I couldn't be sure of any of these things when it came to my mother, or Caroline, or Jason, and knew they'd be equally stymied if asked about me.
Sarah Dessen -- The Truth About Forever
For the previous two years, her visits had been stymied by local magistrates and by the repeated bannings that prevented her from traveling.
Nelson Mandela -- Long Walk to Freedom
He's downstairs, so I'm stymied.
Saul Bellow -- The Adventures of Augie March
Stymied, I explored with my hands, moving back out into the hall.
Stephenie Meyer -- The Host
I assumed the handle alone would stymie the wolves, not having opposable thumbs.
Stephenie Meyer -- New Moon
And given that we've determined the iron composition to he barely ten percent .... we're sort of stymied."
John Ringo -- Live Free or Die
Stymied, feeling a spasm of desperation, I slowly lowered my glass.
William Styron -- Sophie's Choice
My friends, I'm stymied.
Dan Brown -- The Da Vinci Code

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