The word "inhibited" is correct and usable in written English.
It is an adjective that refers to someone being kept back or held back from doing something due to feeling embarrassed, uneasy, or nervous. For example, "She felt too inhibited to participate in the school talent show."
Muslim dismay at Tony Blair's co-invasion of Iraq in 2003 did not sway that decision, though it could be argued that anti-war sentiment inhibited proper post-invasion occupation planning and encouraged the Sunni insurrection against both invaders and Shia Muslims.
In March, he was inhibited from indulging his worst instincts by the presence of the Lib Dems; now he has no Danny Alexander standing in the way of his plans to bash the poor and dispossessed even harder, in the absurd pursuit of a budget surplus for the sake of it.
Abrupt cessation of alcohol use leads to brain hyperexcitability due to the sudden "release" effect on receptors which had been inhibited by the alcohol.
As the common refrain from the Bank of England onwards is that low real wages are keeping living standards down, and as even the Bank's governor believes the fiscal squeeze has inhibited the pace of recovery, it is surely time for the Labour party to regain the courage of the convictions of Hattersley and others when it comes to economic and social policy.
In a report issued by the House of Commons public accounts committee on Wednesday, British MPs said the lack of health infrastructure in Sierra Leone inhibited a quicker response to the crisis.
They placed Slahi in "a kind of thick jacket" that inhibited his breathing, he wrote in his memoir, and already had a bag over his head.
A spokesperson for the university said the injunction was taken out because evidence suggested that further occupations were planned but that the order "in no way" inhibited the rights of students to protest on campus.
His players felt inhibited too.
Although South Korea's howitzers returned fire, their response was inhibited by fears of the fighting getting out of hand.
In 2002, an external report found that its loose organisational structure was failing and, as a consequence, decision-making was inhibited.
Mr Netanyahu himself has always snorted at suggestions that he was cowed or inhibited by his father's ideological severity.In this section Ever-resilient but maybe more malleable Same old sneers Go to the country?
