'hinder settlement' is a correct and usable phrasing in written English.
You can use it to describe a situation in which a certain factor works against the successful resolution of a conflict or dispute. For example, "The opposing parties' conflicting interests hindered settlement of the dispute."
It is not known how many landmines and UXO remain in the country's soil, but it is clear that it hinders settlement, agriculture and other forms of development by making valuable land dangerous and unusable.
At a meeting over the weekend, the African Union called on its members to disregard an arrest warrant for Colonel Qaddafi issued by the International Criminal Court, saying the warrant could hinder any settlement that included Mr. Qaddafi seeking asylum outside of Libya.
These additional adjustments may hinder their settlement, preventing them from optimising their learning during their intercalated degree.
A spokesman for Total insists that 92% of the claims "are either settled or were insured, and we are working hard to resolve the remaining claims... Any suggestion that Total is in any way hindering the settlement of claims is misleading and factually incorrect".
A few major differences in the Senate and House bills could hinder a quick settlement.
Netanyahu's purpose, as another critic concluded after his Muscat trip, was to "prove that there was no basis to leftwing claims that the occupation and Israeli settlements hinder normalisation of ties with the Arab world".
The settlement will hinder Facebook's ability to change existing products and could discourage it from releasing new products that influence privacy of existing content.
The climate, however, has changed significantly since then in ways that may enhance or hinder the possibility of a settlement.
That is true enough, though of course advancing knowledge was not the point of the lawsuit, and the settlement does nothing to hinder further investigation into the effects of concussions.
Many believe that the Obama administration is powerless against Israel and is unable to hinder the US strategic alliance with Israel for the sake of stopping settlement activity.
