How to pronounce “impediment”

Meaning

• [Noun]
• A hindrance; that which impedes or obstructs progress; impedance.
• A disability, especially one affecting the hearing or speech.
• (chiefly in the plural) Baggage, especially that of an army; impedimenta.

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