prohibitive
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prohibitive (comparative more prohibitive, superlative most prohibitive)
- Tending to prohibit, preclude, or disallow.
- Some countries are more prohibitive than others when it comes to hot topics like euthanasia and cloning.
- Costly to the extreme; beyond budget.
- I'd like to visit Europe someday, but the cost is prohibitive right now.
[edit] Noun
prohibitive (plural prohibitives)
- (linguistics) negative imperative
