Except
Except verb - To prevent the participation, consideration, or inclusion of.
Usage example: we'll have to except members who haven't paid their club dues from voting in the election
Hinder
Hinder verb - To create difficulty for the work or activity of.
Common collocations
| characters | except characters | hinder characters |
| user | except user | hinder user |
Both words in one sentence
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It doesn't hinder them much as they gain magical vision in return (which works like thermal imaging except with magic instead of heat).
Source: Blind Seer - I will not fill my facility with deathtraps, killer guard robots, and/or iron golems, as they do nothing except further hinder the hero's progress if I need to be rescued.
- It didn't hinder the quality of it compared to the rest of the show, but the characters' shading was scrapped except for scenes with dramatic lighting, and there are a few Aftereffects layering errors.
Source: Christmas Rushed
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