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stymied

[stahy-mee]

noun

Golf. (on a putting green) an instance of a ball's lying on a direct line between the cup and the ball of an opponent about to putt.

a situation or problem presenting such difficulties as to discourage or defeat any attempt to deal with or resolve it.

verb (used with object)

to hinder, block, or thwart.

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Also, stymy, stimy.

Origin:
1855–60; origin uncertain

Synonyms
3. stump, mystify, frustrate, confound.

Example Sentences

In some cases, she said, drilling in walls is stymied by the threat of asbestos dust.

The desire to forget one's troubles may be stymied by having less money to do it.

Today's relatively clear skies gave reason for hope-yesterday's turbulent weather had stymied the rescuers' shot at the summit.

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In some cases, she said, drilling in walls is stymied by the threat of asbestos dust.

The desire to forget one's troubles may be stymied by having less money to do it.

Today's relatively clear skies gave reason for hope-yesterday's turbulent weather had stymied the rescuers' shot at the summit.

But his so-called twistor theory never caught on, and conceptual problems stymied its few proponents.

With both sides stymied by not being able to directly reach the other, the war went underground.

Free access increases it, and should be encouraged rather than stymied.

There is hardly a sector of the economy now that has not been stymied by high interest rates.

But it was stymied by monsoonal rains and fierce resistance.

We haven't gone a quarter mile before we're stymied by holes in the ice.

Previous attempts to identify this process were stymied by inexact methods.

It isn't clear what has stymied an agreement in the nearly year-long discussions, or what might be changing now.

Since then environmentalists have repeatedly stymied efforts to increase production.

Fulfilling that desire has, however, stymied experts for decades.

Suspicions in both countries have stymied any peace talks.

His hoped-for movement in this direction could now be stymied.

Meanwhile, political and bureaucratic indecision has stymied efforts by the two state airlines to order new aircraft.

Presidents who are stymied on domestic reform tend to shift their attention to foreign policy.

The old, newspaper-oriented company has stymied the new one.

But this process has been stymied by an ugly spat over the procedure for raising aid.

Stymied by the frozen credit markets, they were unable to roll over their debts.

Until colleges and universities understand this, online ed will be a great idea that will be stymied by frustration.

But the dolphins' contracting stomachs had stymied vets' attempts to use instruments to remove the objects.

Katrina differs from other storms not only for its sheer magnitude but also for the stymied rebuilding efforts following.

And librarians, stymied by a gag order, are forbidden to tell anyone.

Cuomo has had several major legislative victories, thanks to his ability to work a system that stymied his.

But they were stymied because surgically removing either region prevented the birds from singing at all.

The treatment stymied a cytokine outburst and reduced movement of immune cells into the lungs.

He found easier-to-say synonyms for words that stymied him.

Meanwhile, spacewalk activities were partly stymied by a stuck cargo platform intended to hold spare parts on future.

But phreakers have been stymied in recent years as phone companies have wised up to the scam.

China has stymied the work of numerous scholars or prevented them from entering the country altogether to conduct fieldwork.

Strict rules have stymied growth while other firms around the world have been able to develop into global organisations.

Forty percent said they've spent three hours or more in stymied traffic.

In this way a bill can be stymied at any number of points along its legislative journey.

Politicians' outbursts against hoarders and speculators have stymied the development of storage facilities and commodity markets.

Kruger's own art has seemed somewhat stymied and even confused.

Computer telephony has long been stymied by the lack of a standardized programming interface.

There is little evidence yet that vital work has been stymied by an inability to get access to suitable cell lines.

But its efforts to keep the banking system liquid are somewhat stymied by another cause it holds dear:.

As usual, all possible solutions are stymied by warlords, warmongers and wannabe presidents.

The need to secure near-unanimity for changes has stymied many reform efforts.

Sensors and alarms were stymied by tumbleweeds and high winds.

At home, often stymied by his coalition's leftist allies, he has done much less well.

But chaos in the global financial system has stymied some big, environmentally friendly projects.

These boom-and-bust cycles have stymied real progress.

It has been stymied by debate over the political fall-out from further sales.

All interventions have been stymied to reverse the epidemic.

Hercules himself would have been stymied by that task.

Reduce the population how, exactly, is the question that has national governments stymied.

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stymie

1834, (n.), "condition in which an opponent's golf ball blocks the hole," perhaps from Scottish stymie "person who sees poorly," from stime "the least bit" (c.1300), of uncertain origin (Icelandic cognate skima is attested from c.1685). The verb, in golf, is from 1857; general sense of "block, hinder,

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thwart" is from 1902.

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stymie definition

[ˈstɑɪmi]

tv.
to obstruct someone or something. : He did everything he could to stymie the investigation.

Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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