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prohibitive

[ proh-hib-i-tiv ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

serving or tending to prohibit or forbid something:
We will discuss some of the discriminatory, prohibitive legislation that was undone by the Civil Rights Act.
sufficing to prevent the use, purchase, etc., of something:
prohibitive prices.
having so great a likelihood of success that others vying for the same thing are essentially prevented from succeeding:
Political analysts are largely in agreement over who the party’s prohibitive nominee is.

prohibitive

/ -trɪ; prəˈhɪbɪtɪv; prəˈhɪbɪtərɪ /

First recorded in 1400–50; from Medieval Latin prohibitīvus; prohibit, -ive

Early polling shows her with a commanding—if not outright prohibitive—lead among Democratic voters.

That broad offense aside, the fact is that for many women these costs are prohibitive.

The cost of support and health care and insurance without SSI or Medicaid is prohibitive even for very wealthy families.

Every time the government raises environmental standards, industry leaders whine that the cost will be prohibitive.

The prices can be prohibitive, with houses selling for between $15 million and $20 million.

Prospective lessees who had taken the trouble to inquire about the rental had learned that it was so high as to be prohibitive.

The curate admired the fingers, and observed with satisfaction that they were undecorated by a prohibitive ring.

He wanted to sell outright to me, but his price was prohibitive and he wouldn't ease up on it a bit, so there was nothing doing.

This weapon is prohibitive on account of its recoil, and few, if any, sportsmen now care to carry one.

Little could be procured from abroad, and in the case of a visiting ship, the captain's price was cruelly prohibitive.

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