Preposition: by

• bureaucracy: Instead it has been hidebound by bureaucracy " according to the authors of the report.

• convention: It has been argued somewhat convincingly that Radio Drama tended to be hidebound by the conventions and codes of conventional theater and dramatic narrative.

• thinking: We won't be hidebound by such outdated thinking.

Modifies a noun

• convention: Politically it would be an anarchic, upbeat intervention in the more hidebound conventions of the political conference.

Modifying Another Word

• not: We are a fairly easy-going crowd and are not hidebound by too many rules; enjoyment of Cycling is the main thing.

• too: However, everything in life is a risk, and let's not get too hidebound about it.