Similar to impaired.
The word hampered is a verb. It is the past tense of hamper.
Limited or hampered
Napoleon's troops were hampered by mud in the morning of the battle of Waterloo
The Union naval blockade seriously hampered the Confederate war effort
ecological balance will be hampered.
Not at all, the word hampered is the past tense of the verb to hamper (hampers, hampering, hampered), to hinder or impede the movement or progress.Example:The weather hampered our travel time.A noun is a word for a person, a place, or a thing.A collective noun is a word used to group people, places, or things; for example:a crew of sailorsa chain of islandsa bouquet of flowers
it hampered them
stamp act
ecological balance will be hampered.
prevent, restrict
Drink Driving = Drunk Driving
It means your ultimate conversational point, as if you were driving there.