lapse / slip [a short period of time during which you fail to do something well or properly, often caused by not being careful]
Despite the occasional laose, this was a fine performance by the young saxophonist.
A defensive lapse by Keown allowed Tottenham to score.
lapses in security
A single lapse of concentration cost Sampras the game.
a lapse of judgment
After taking the drug, several patients suffered memory lapse.(when you cannot rememvber something for a short time)
encumber / burden [to make it difficult for you to do something or for something to happen]
He died in 1874, heavily encubered by debt.
The whole process was encumbered with bureaucracy.
[bureaucracy:a complicated official system that is annoying or confusing because it has a lot of rules, processes etc]
the reduction of unnecessary bureaucracy.
