The language itself hampered the development of new ideas, as well as the dissemination of those ideas to the masses.
Her reporting from China was distinguished, given the constraints under which she was working, but her eyesight was already failing, and her inability to speak the language inevitably hampered her work.
She won't really be drawn on whether the focus on the Welsh language has hampered Plaid's success in the Valleys ("Certainly the Welsh language has been used as a stick to beat Plaid Cymru with by our opponents, in a very dangerous way, actually, and an irresponsible way. I don't think that's acceptable"), nor on anti-English sentiment within the party.
The small country is divided by language and hampered by notoriously complex institutions -- Brussels has six different police districts, for example.
But balance is key: Children's over-immersion in the digital world can affect language development, hamper communication skills and damage hearing.
The lack of consistent definitions and a uniform scientific language can hamper this upcoming field, where genomic platforms may formulate incorrect hypotheses and researchers may misinterpret data based on earlier definitions.
The debate rests heavily on the presence or absence of certain features typical of Cushitic or Afro-Asiatic, but the lack of sufficiently representative and thoroughly researched descriptions of the Omotic languages has hampered linguists' ability to discern reliable generalizations within the group.
It appears, perversely, that the ineptitude of the world's richest country and largest economy when it comes to learning foreign languages could hamper its ability to remain globally competitive.
Language difficulties also hampered the early police interviews.
FOR years, Dr. William Bateman looked for a way to break down the language barriers that hampered patient care at the Manhattan hospital where he worked as medical director.
