prohibitive

adjrestrictive; beyond one's

Synonyms for prohibitive

adj restrictive; beyond one's

Antonyms for prohibitive

restrictive

adjective. contrary

Word Origin & History

c.1600, "having the quality of prohibiting," from prohibit + -ive, or else from French prohibitif (16c.), from Late Latin prohibit-, past participle stem of prohibere. Of prices, rates, etc., "so high as to prevent use," it is from 1886. Related: Prohibitively.

Example Sentences for prohibitive

Sulkily Papa argued that the cost in any case was prohibitive.

I've been ashamed ever since, too, that I allowed it to be prohibitive.

Prohibitive physical defects are also discovered in this connection.

What she wished was to dangle it before my eyes and put a prohibitive price on it.

It may also be used with vegetables when the price of butter is prohibitive.

And must be of such a nature that the cost of obtaining the fiber will not be prohibitive.

The cost of running a tender is prohibitive in the cases of purchases in small amounts.

Of course, the price was kind of prohibitive: Thirteen-fifty per Teletwist.

For commercial plantations, however, the cost of the frames is prohibitive.

The movement if successful will act not as a protective but a prohibitive tariff.

prohibitive

Synonyms for prohibitive

Antonyms for prohibitive

exclusive

more difficult

restrictive

swank

swanker

prohibitive

Synonyms for prohibitive

Antonyms for prohibitive

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