obstructiveness

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The shutdown and eventual nationalisation of Orano's operations have been surrounded by mutual recrimination, with the government and the company accusing each other of obstructiveness.

From BBC • Aug. 26, 2025

Never has a collegiate women’s player possessed the combination of Griner’s size, mobility, soft shooting touch, effortless dunking and elegant obstructiveness, which allows her to block shots while hardly ever drifting into foul trouble.

From New York Times • Mar. 23, 2012

He stood with a large obstructiveness in the doorway.

From The Wife of Sir Isaac Harman by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)

I made every allowance for the passive obstructiveness of the authorities; it was perfectly natural under the circumstances of a sudden reform that affected materially the interests of the entire population, both high and low.

From Ismailia by Baker, Samuel White, Sir

Yet it is a great responsibility to continue the full evil in all its sharpness and obstructiveness, on the grounds that its abatement is an impediment to larger relief.

From Bygones Worth Remembering, Vol. 1 (of 2) by Holyoake, George Jacob