prohibitively

ADVERB

extremely

Synonyms

STRONGEST

acutely awfully exceedingly exceptionally excessively extraordinarily highly hugely immensely inordinately intensely overly quite remarkably severely strikingly terribly terrifically too totally uncommonly unduly unusually utterly very

WEAK

almighty drastically exorbitantly immoderately markedly mortally notably over overmuch parlous plenty powerful radically rarely surpassingly to nth degree too much ultra violently vitally

Antonyms

STRONGEST

incompletely little

WEAK

mildly moderately

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Prohibitively high taxi fares as a result of the aggressive resistance of local unions to app-based services is also another "big problem", he says.

From BBC • May 16, 2026

Prohibitively high rents have meant people are moving into flat shares later in life and are staying on longer, according to website Spareroom.com.

From BBC • Feb. 27, 2026

Prohibitively high refinancing costs have virtually shut all of the 17 regional governments out of international debt markets, forcing the worst hit to seek loans from the central government to meet bond redemptions.

From Reuters • Jul. 23, 2012

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