(/ɛnˈkʌm brəns/)
Noun
1. An obstruction that is burdensome
… I suspect he saw Hitler as this other man who was in the same line of business as him but much more successful. And my mother liked him. I don’t think there was any affair but . . . well, you can see it. Anyway. To me the whole thing has been an enormous nuisance and encumbrance.
From the post: Vocabulary Words from ‘So You’ve Been Publicly Shamed’
Source: So You’ve Been Publicly Shamed, by Jon Ronson (amazon.com)
