obstructiveness
- a word derived from obstruct.
Example Sentences
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The shutdown and eventual nationalisation of Orano's operations have been surrounded by mutual recrimination, with the government and the company accusing each other of obstructiveness.
From BBC • Aug. 26, 2025
Never has a collegiate women’s player possessed the combination of Griner’s size, mobility, soft shooting touch, effortless dunking and elegant obstructiveness, which allows her to block shots while hardly ever drifting into foul trouble.
From New York Times • Mar. 23, 2012
They would sit silent, more bodeful of the direct antagonism of things than of their insensate and stolid obstructiveness.
From Jude the Obscure by Hardy, Thomas
I made every allowance for the passive obstructiveness of the authorities; it was perfectly natural under the circumstances of a sudden reform that affected materially the interests of the entire population, both high and low.
From Ismailia by Baker, Samuel White, Sir
When you did 'drop in' I felt obliged to say nothing about it till your card was brought, and on that occasion I particularly remarked that his usual obstructiveness was suspended.
From Canada and the States by Watkin, E. W. (Edward William)
