prohibitive

(prō-hĭb'ĭ-tĭv) also pro·hib·i·to·ry (-tôr'ē, -tōr'ē)
adj.

1. Prohibiting; forbidding: took prohibitive measures.
2. So high or burdensome as to discourage purchase or use: prohibitive prices.
3. So likely to win as to discourage competition: the prohibitive favorite to win the nomination.

prohibitively pro·hib'i·tive·ly adv.
prohibitiveness pro·hib'i·tive·ness n.

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adj

Definition: restrictive; beyond one's means
Antonyms: reasonable, unlimited, unrestrictive

IN BRIEF: Likely to discourage an action.

The high price of the game was prohibitive so they could not buy it.

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See words rhyming with "prohibitory."

Dansk (Danish)
adj. - prohibitiv, uoverkommelig

Nederlands (Dutch)
onbetaalbaar, onmogelijk

Français (French)
adj. - prohibitif

Deutsch (German)
adj. - prohibitiv, Verbots-, unerschwinglich

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - απαγορευτικός, απλησίαστος

Italiano (Italian)
proibitivo

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - proibitivo

Русский (Russian)
запретительный

Español (Spanish)
adj. - prohibitivo

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - oöverkomligt

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
禁止的, 抑制的

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 禁止的, 抑制的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 금지의, 금지하는 것이나 다름없는

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 禁止の, 禁制の, 禁止も同然の, 法外に高い, 禁止する

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) محرم, تحريمي‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮אוסר, מונע‬

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