prohibitive
adjective
serving or tending to prohibit or forbid something.
prohibitively
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a word derived from
prohibitive.
Example Sentences
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Stevenson said that Surrey is "prohibitively expensive when you're in my financial situation".
From BBC ● Oct. 27, 2026
Owning a home is expensive, sometimes prohibitively so, even if you don’t have to replace the roof.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 19, 2026
More broadly, the method could help scientists tackle problems in which successful results are uncommon, the number of possible experiments is enormous, and testing every option would be prohibitively expensive.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 27, 2026
While small numbers of private taxis and buses continue to serve other cities, they are prohibitively expensive -- up to 200 times the price of the state alternative.
From Barron's ● Jun. 18, 2026
Since the federal budget that year was less than $7 million, the critics seem to be right when they conclude that the costs were not just daunting but also prohibitively expensive.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
