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
It is both inhibitive to their own sides and encouraging to their opponents.
From New York Times ● Jan. 27, 2024
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
Such pigments are of the inhibitive type, and their action is to check or retard the solution pressure of the iron.
From Paint Technology and Tests by Henry A. Gardner
