Encumbered vs. Incumbered — Which is Correct Spelling?

Which is correct: Encumbered or Incumbered

How to spell Encumbered?

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To cause to have difficulty in moving or in accomplishing something; burden

A hiker encumbered with a heavy pack.

A student encumbered with responsibilities.

To hinder or impede the action or performance of

Restrictions that encumber police work.

Weighted down, loaded sufficiently to make slow.

Simple past tense and past participle of encumber

Loaded to excess or impeded by a heavy load;

A summer resort...encumbered with great clapboard-and-stucco hotels

A hiker encumbered with a heavy backpack

An encumbered estate

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