Hamstrung and Weak

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Hamstrung adjective - Unable to act or achieve one's purpose.

Usage example: hamstrung by recent congressional limitations on executive power, the president can do little in this situation

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Weak and hamstrung are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Weak" instead an adjective "Hamstrung".

Weak adjective - Unable to act or achieve one's purpose.

Usage example: the vice president is a relatively weak official

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Hamstrung and weak are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Hamstrung" instead an adjective "Weak".

Nearby Words: weaken, weakness, weakly, weakening, weakling

The Romanticist sees the Fictional United Nations as hamstrung by the realities of international politics where powerful nations will still run riot over weak ones (see the League of Nations).

Source: Romanticism Versus Enlightenment

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