Is hampered a collective noun?
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