inhibit
verb (used with object)
to restrain, hinder, arrest, or check (an action, impulse, etc.).
will inhibit
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future tenseof inhibit.future tense
Used to express actions, events, or states that have not yet occurred but are expected to happen.
Example Sentences
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This will inhibit the growth potential for AI stocks and be detrimental to the valuations the markets attach to them, the firm says.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 27, 2025
York is also testing whether dense plantings will inhibit the growth of shrubs that could crowd out young trees.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 11, 2023
The law will inhibit TV and film crews’ night lights, such as those used by “Hawaii Five-O,” “NCIS: Hawai‘i” and “The White Lotus.”
From Washington Post ● Nov. 3, 2022
"Delaying putting them in the vase will inhibit their ability to hydrate properly," Stembel warns.
From Salon ● May 20, 2022
It has sometimes been thought that a fair view of life will inhibit action through discrediting party zeal.
From The Moral Economy by Ralph Barton Perry
