inhibitory
adjective
acting to restrain, hinder, arrest, check, or prohibit an action, impulse, etc..
inhibitive
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a variation of
inhibitory.
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a word derived from
inhibit.
inhibitverb (used with object)to restrain, hinder, arrest, or check (an action, impulse, etc.).
Example Sentences
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El Niño in the Pacific Basin decreases wind shear, so it removes the inhibitive storm-decapitating effect of wind shear at the same time that it amplifies water temperature,” Swain said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 12, 2026
As an Australian expat, she also chafed at English culture, which she considered overly inhibitive.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 19, 2022
"This type of repair entails removing loose concrete overhead, treating steel rebar with rust inhibitive coating and patching back with repair mortar. Also included in the garage will be urethane foam injection in ceiling cracks."
From Fox News ● Jul. 13, 2021
I have often wished for a different word, one that implies profound, often inhibitive, change, but precludes the violence inherent in “trauma.”
From New York Times ● Mar. 31, 2021
It is the opinion of the authors that any good excluding paint may be used whether it be inhibitive in action or not, provided the contact coat is inhibitive.
From Paint Technology and Tests by Henry A. Gardner
