obstructiveadjective
uk/əbˈstrʌk.tɪv/us/əbˈstrʌk.tɪv/disapprovingtrying to stop someone from doing something by causing problems for them:
We'd have made a decision by now if Jean hadn't been so obstructive.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Unhelpful and Uncooperative
- awkward
- awkwardly
- deterrent
- foot
- it's every man for himself idiom
- man
- obstructionism
- passive-aggressive
- pre-emptive
- stifling
- stultifying
- uncooperative
- under your feet idiom
- unhelpful
obstructively
adverb uk/əbˈstrʌk.tɪv.li/us/əbˈstrʌk.tɪv.li/
obstructiveness
noun [ U ] uk/əbˈstrʌk.tɪv.nəs/us/əbˈstrʌk.tɪv.nəs/