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prohibitive
1 ENTRIES FOUND:
Learner's definition of PROHIBITIVE
1
[more prohibitive; most prohibitive] : so high that people are prevented from using or buying something贵得用不起（或买不起）的
- the prohibitive cost of rent令人望而却步的高价房租
- The price was prohibitive. [=too high]价格太高了。
2
US : almost certain to perform, win, etc., in the expected way几乎可以肯定的
- She is the prohibitive favorite to win the nomination. [=she is almost certain to win the nomination]几乎可以肯定她会获得提名。
3
formal : stopping people from using or doing something禁止的
- a prohibitive ruling禁止性的裁决
- prohibitive legislation禁律
— prohibitively
adverb- The price was prohibitively high.价格高得令人望而却步。
prohibitive
adjective
pro·hib·i·tive prō-ˈhi-bə-tiv 
prə-
prohibitively adverb
prohibitiveness noun
Example Sentences
the prohibitive cost of rent
Recent Examples on the Web Communities that push back against grates often say the cost of putting them in and maintaining them is prohibitive. 
Topher Sanders, ProPublica, 2 Sep. 2022 The Investment costs in the hardware and software can be prohibitive. Forbes, 25 Aug. 2022 The price tag for Kirk (ADP: 105) isn’t necessarily prohibitive. Eddie Brown, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Aug. 2022 Plane tickets, hotel rooms, bus rides, and meals are all expenses that can be prohibitive—and that companies may now cover. Melissa Jeltsen, The Atlantic, 18 Aug. 2022 Co-owner Laura Harriman said Sno Problems doesn’t operate in Aurora because the rules there are too cumbersome and cost prohibitive as profit margins are slim. Suzanne Baker, chicagotribune.com, 5 Feb. 2022 But the owner wants $8,500 a month in rent for the full lot, Gallotto said, and that’s just prohibitive. Collin Robisheaux, BostonGlobe.com, 2 Sep. 2022 The public capital markets are so extensively regulated that companies with less than $1 billion in value find the costs of being publicly traded prohibitive. Jay Clayton, WSJ, 25 Aug. 2022 The time, effort, and cost spent on regulatory oversight were prohibitive especially given the novelty of the liquid biopsy biomarker. Russell Flannery, Forbes, 8 Aug. 2022 See More
Topher Sanders, ProPublica, 2 Sep. 2022 The Investment costs in the hardware and software can be prohibitive. Forbes, 25 Aug. 2022 The price tag for Kirk (ADP: 105) isn’t necessarily prohibitive. Eddie Brown, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Aug. 2022 Plane tickets, hotel rooms, bus rides, and meals are all expenses that can be prohibitive—and that companies may now cover. Melissa Jeltsen, The Atlantic, 18 Aug. 2022 Co-owner Laura Harriman said Sno Problems doesn’t operate in Aurora because the rules there are too cumbersome and cost prohibitive as profit margins are slim. Suzanne Baker, chicagotribune.com, 5 Feb. 2022 But the owner wants $8,500 a month in rent for the full lot, Gallotto said, and that’s just prohibitive. Collin Robisheaux, BostonGlobe.com, 2 Sep. 2022 The public capital markets are so extensively regulated that companies with less than $1 billion in value find the costs of being publicly traded prohibitive. Jay Clayton, WSJ, 25 Aug. 2022 The time, effort, and cost spent on regulatory oversight were prohibitive especially given the novelty of the liquid biopsy biomarker. Russell Flannery, Forbes, 8 Aug. 2022 See More Word History
First Known Use
15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1
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