hamper
HAM-perverbMeaning to hold back or slow down progress
Memory hook a heavy HAMPER slows the hike. Dev lugs the huge picnic hamper up the steep hill, one slow step at a time. The heavy basket hampers his climb.
The giant picnic basket hampered Dev’s climb up the hill.
In context A shortage of buses hampered the school’s field trips all year; classes had to take turns, and some never left the building at all.
Similar hinder, slow, restrict, handicap
Opposite help, assist, aid