PROHIBITIVE


Meaning of PROHIBITIVE in English

adjective

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

a prohibitive tax on imports

The cost of renovating the old buildings would be prohibitive .

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

And the cost can be prohibitive .

Especially for a large word list the memory requirements are prohibitive .

However Haines says that the processor count is unlikely to grow since the overheads become prohibitive .

However, many companies find the cost of planning and implementation prohibitive .

Snowden, unlike Samuel, was willing to agree in late September to a prohibitive tariff on luxury goods.

The cost of uniforms and books was becoming prohibitive and the gang scene was worsening at school.

The remainder will need training, services and hand-holding ranging from extensive to nearly prohibitive , she says.

Trade will reduce welfare when transport costs are sufficiently close to prohibitive and increase it when they are sufficiently low.

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