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prohibitive
What does prohibitive mean?
prohibitive (adjective): tending to discourage (especially of prices).
Definition: Princeton WordNet 3.1.
How do you use prohibitive in a sentence?
- The price was prohibitive. (Princeton WordNet 3.1)
How do you pronounce prohibitive?
/pɹoʊˈhɪbətɪv/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does prohibitive come from?
From Middle English prohibitif, prohibityve, from Medieval Latin prohibitīvus, from prohibit-, past-participle stem of Latin prohibēre.
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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capable of working together without conflict
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easily damaged or requiring careful handling
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characterized by conscious design or purpose
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tending to discourage (especially of prices)
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