单词	prohibitive
释义	prohibitive adjective pro·​hib·​i·​tive prō-ˈhi-bə-tiv  prə- 1 : tending to prohibit or restrain 2 : tending to preclude use or purchase prohibitive costs 3 : almost certain to perform as predicted a prohibitive favorite prohibitively adverb prohibitiveness noun Example Sentences the prohibitive cost of rent Recent Examples on the Web Communities that push back against grates often say the cost of putting them in and maintaining them is prohibitive. Topher Sanders, ProPublica, 2 Sep. 2022 The Investment costs in the hardware and software can be prohibitive. Forbes, 25 Aug. 2022 The price tag for Kirk (ADP: 105) isn’t necessarily prohibitive. Eddie Brown, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Aug. 2022 Plane tickets, hotel rooms, bus rides, and meals are all expenses that can be prohibitive—and that companies may now cover. Melissa Jeltsen, The Atlantic, 18 Aug. 2022 Co-owner Laura Harriman said Sno Problems doesn’t operate in Aurora because the rules there are too cumbersome and cost prohibitive as profit margins are slim. Suzanne Baker, chicagotribune.com, 5 Feb. 2022 But the owner wants $8,500 a month in rent for the full lot, Gallotto said, and that’s just prohibitive. Collin Robisheaux, BostonGlobe.com, 2 Sep. 2022 The public capital markets are so extensively regulated that companies with less than $1 billion in value find the costs of being publicly traded prohibitive. Jay Clayton, WSJ, 25 Aug. 2022 The time, effort, and cost spent on regulatory oversight were prohibitive especially given the novelty of the liquid biopsy biomarker. Russell Flannery, Forbes, 8 Aug. 2022 See More Word History First Known Use 15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1 prohibitive adjective as in exorbitant Synonyms & Similar Words Relevance exorbitant unaffordable unreasonable expensive uneconomic costly uneconomical pricey steep overpriced valuable pricy premium extravagant sky-high spendy priceless invaluable stiff precious high dear inestimable high-ticket high-end ultraexpensive big-ticket luxurious sumptuous deluxe Antonyms & Near Antonyms inexpensive reasonable cheap moderate worthless valueless discounted See More
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