gummed

[ guhmd ]

adjective

1. covered with a gummy substance.

Other Words From

• un·gummed adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of gummed¹

late Middle English word dating back to 1400–50; gum ¹, -ed ²

Example Sentences

The housing market gummed up, people unable to move and all this at time when there is huge demand for more homes.

From BBC

They don’t want to be picking time-consuming fights with the Lords, or creating laws that could be gummed up with hundreds of possible amendments – helpful tweaks - from their lordships.

From BBC

For as long as the process is gummed up in parliament, ministers can point to it being gummed up in parliament.

From BBC

The COVID-19 pandemic gummed up supply chains and increased the cost of equipment and labor, making new projects far more expensive than initially projected.

From Reuters

In the 1920s, as those newfangled private motor cars gummed up traffic, street-side parking downtown was banned.

From Los Angeles Times

Related Words

• gummy
• sticky