Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Impede \Im*pede"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Impeded}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Impeding}.] [L. impedire, lit., to entangle the feet;
pref. im- in + pes, pedis, foot. See {Foot}, and cf.
{Impeach}.]
To hinder; to stop in progress; to obstruct; as, to impede
the advance of troops.
Whatever hinders or impedes The action of the nobler
will. --Logfellow.
Source : WordNet®
impeded
adj : made difficult or slow; "we blamed our impeded progress on
lack of money"