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
Examples of prohibitive in a Sentence
the prohibitive cost of rent
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But the tuition—about four thousand dollars—was prohibitive.
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Today, the price of treatments like this is currently prohibitive.
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Dylan Butts, CNBC, 6 May 2025
But the tuition—about four thousand dollars—was prohibitive.
—Jordan Salama, New Yorker, 5 May 2025
But the lengthy process and the high fees are prohibitive.
—Zia Ur-Rehman, New York Times, 30 Apr. 2025
Today, the price of treatments like this is currently prohibitive.
—Mike Dojc, Forbes.com, 24 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for prohibitive
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“Prohibitive.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/prohibitive. Accessed 20 May. 2025.
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prohibitive
adjective
pro·hib·i·tive
prō-ˈhib-ət-iv
: likely to discourage use or purchase
prohibitive prices
prohibitively
adverb
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