All 4 Uses
hinder
in
Eragon
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- The Urgals had not been hindered at all.†
Chpt 48 *hindered = slowed down or caused problems for
- It was hard work, but they were able to hinder the Urgals' progress-though it was impossible to stop them altogether.†
Chpt 48
- Behind him Saphira went to the river so she could follow them without being hindered by the trees.†
Chpt 48
- You could walk unhindered in the riverbed, he said as she was forced to smash through a dense web of branches.†
Chpt 49unhindered = not slowed down or limitedstandard prefix: The prefix "un-" in unhindered means not and reverses the meaning of hindered. This is the same pattern you see in words like unhappy, unknown, and unlucky.
Definitions:
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(1)
(hinder as in: hindered by) slow down or cause problems for
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)