The phrase "ability to hamper" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing someone's capacity or potential to obstruct or hinder a process, action, or situation.
Example: "The new regulations have the ability to hamper the growth of small businesses in the area."
Alternatives: "capacity to obstruct" or "potential to hinder".
In the present work oil-in-gel (o/g) emulsions comprising 0.4 1% w/w κ-carrageenan in the absence and presence of Ca2+ (20 mM) were investigated for their ability to hamper the oxidative degradation under isothermal (5, 20 and 37 °C) ambient air storage conditions and promote the in vitro bioaccessibility of β-carotene.
Interestingly, clinical trials have shown that the effects of TNF-blockers on bone damage may exceed those effects on inflammation, suggesting that their ability to hamper osteoclast formation might be of important benefit [ 20, 21].
The antitumoral effectiveness of high-level anti-huHER2 antibodies elicited by HuRT-DNA vaccine in tolerant hosts was therefore tested according to their ability to hamper the growth of human HER2-positive cancer cells in immunodeficient mice.
Neither one is so poor as to hamper our ability to do what we dream of.
STEM professions face a looming skills shortage that threatens to hamper our ability to innovate as a nation.
"He determined that it was going to hamper his ability to be effective in this position," Mr. Whitman said.
The reduction didn't seem to hamper companies' ability to access the markets, as they sold $1 trillion of new debt in 2011.
I'm not sure we want to hamper their ability to do so.
The smartphone appears to hamper our ability to manage and balance time, energy, and attention and can be quite addictive.
This exclusion appears to hamper the ability of sexual and gender minorities to fully exercise their right to social participation.
Dalia Itzik, the environment minister, said that Mr. Barak's ability to govern was hampered by the Labor Party's weakness.
