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prohibitively /prə(ʊ)ˈhɪbɪtɪvli /adverb1Used to emphasize a cost that is so high as to prevent something being done or bought: most of the products are priced prohibitively [as submodifier]: these batteries are prohibitively expensive...- The cost of a separate mailing is prohibitively expensive.
- The cost of dental treatment for those without a medical card is prohibitively high.
- As trade increased and became prohibitively complicated, the government initiated steps to aid the farmer in exporting excess produce.
1.1In a way that forbids or prevents something: she mouthed ‘no’ and waved her hands prohibitively...- I waved my hand prohibitively at the door.
- She took an interest in Trixy, to be sure, - "because of her story," she had said prohibitively, as if to insure herself against any further extension of her sympathies.
- In a computer-based classroom, student text itself can become the medium of instruction in a way prohibitively difficult otherwise.
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