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prohibitively

[proh-hib-i-tiv] Origin

pro·hib·i·tive

[proh-hib-i-tiv]
adjective
1.
serving or tending to prohibit or forbid something.
2.
sufficing to prevent the use, purchase, etc., of something: prohibitive prices.

Origin:
1595–1605; < Medieval Latin prohibitīvus. See prohibit, -ive

pro·hib·i·tive·ly, adverb
pro·hib·i·tive·ness, noun
non·pro·hib·i·tive, adjective
non·pro·hib·i·tive·ly, adverb
un·pro·hib·i·tive, adjective
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un·pro·hib·i·tive·ly, adverb
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prohibitive, prohibitory.
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prohibitive or prohibitory (prəˈhɪbɪtɪv, prəˈhɪbɪtərɪ, -trɪ)
 
adj
1.  prohibiting or tending to prohibit
2.  (esp of prices) tending or designed to discourage sale or purchase
 
prohibitory or prohibitory
 
adj
 
pro'hibitively or prohibitory
 
adv
 
pro'hibitiveness or prohibitory
 
n

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prohibitive
c.1600, "having the quality of prohibiting," from prohibit + -ive. Of prices, rates, etc., "so high as to prevent use," it is from 1886.
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