inhibit
verb (used with object)
to restrain, hinder, arrest, or check (an action, impulse, etc.).
are inhibiting
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present progressiveof inhibit.present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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If her hypothesis is correct — that microplastics are inhibiting the biological carbon pump — it will add even more weight to a growing recognition of plastic and microplastics as a major climate disrupter.
From Salon ● Oct. 28, 2022
But a lack of government backing, problems with infrastructure, and a shortage of arts training are inhibiting growth.
From BBC ● Oct. 12, 2022
Saying that lawyers constrain business in this way is as silly as saying that doctors are inhibiting the profits of the fast-food industry by advising their patients to eat healthily.
From Economist ● Oct. 31, 2013
These patents—and the patent system—aren’t creating innovation, they are inhibiting it and, by extension, job creation.
From Washington Post ● May 7, 2012
One weakness: labor shortages are inhibiting industrial growth.
From Time Magazine Archive
