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How to pronounce “hamstrung”
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Pronunciation guide for hamstrung
- Learning goal
- Practice the English pronunciation of hamstrung with real speech in context.
- Available examples
- 8 YouTube examples
- Real speech example
- How we could make carbon-negative concrete
but they were hamstrung by Portland cement's chemistry.
- Definition summary
- (figurative, nonstandard, dialectal) Restricted as if by being crippled with a hamstring; hamstringed.
Example 1 of 8
How to pronounce hamstrung
How we could make carbon-negative concrete

but they were hamstrung by Portland cement's chemistry.
Example Sentences
A Deep Dive Into “hamstrung”
Meaning
- [Adjective]
- (figurative, nonstandard, dialectal) Restricted as if by being crippled with a hamstring; hamstringed.
- [Verb]
- simple past and past participle of hamstring
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