PROHIBITIVE Synonyms: 37 Similar and Opposite Words

prohibitive

adjective

Definition of prohibitive

as in exorbitant

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Recent Examples of prohibitive Preventive maintenance at a scale that was previously cost-prohibitive. — Sumeet Salwan, Forbes.com, 22 Sep. 2026 Skechers Endeavour Sneaker If a $300 price tag is a bit prohibitive to you right now, here’s a wallet-sparing alternative, in the form of the Skechers Endeavour. — Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 18 Sep. 2026 Theoretically, that could still happen — though if Manchester United saw Hall’s likely asking price as prohibitive in the recent window, then the 22-year-old will almost certainly prove unaffordable for them in 2027. — Chris Waugh, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026 But legal experts shown the agreement by The Hollywood Reporter say that the prohibitive legal language went far beyond that of a boilerplate NDA. — Seth Abramovitch, HollywoodReporter, 9 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for prohibitive

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Adjective

Prices may seem a little exorbitant, but the portions are more than generous.

— Sean Timberlake, Sacbee.com, 25 Sep. 2026
But the annual exorbitant expense is set to spike even higher next year as Mayor Brandon Johnson’s administration forecasts a $401 million price tag for such deals and verdicts in 2027.

— Jake Sheridan, Chicago Tribune, 18 Sep. 2026

Definition of exorbitant

Adjective

Chad Marlow, a policy attorney with the ACLU, argues that citizens remain at risk for unreasonable surveillance under Missouri’s new guidelines.

— Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 9 Oct. 2026
The factors most closely tied to burnout included unfair treatment, crushing workloads, unclear expectations, poor communication and support from managers, and unreasonable deadlines.

— Christos Makridis, The Conversation, 7 Oct. 2026

Definition of unreasonable

Adjective

She was forcibly removed on a stretcher after the private investment company, which owns the building in Madrid’s upmarket Retito district, hiked her rent from €500 ($560) to €2,650 ($2,970) – an amount that was unaffordable for the pensioner.

— Ivana Kottasová, CNN Money, 7 Oct. 2026
Samuel Trachtman, a political scientist with the UC Berkeley Economy and Society Initiative, argues that despite recent legislative progress on the housing crisis, state policies are restricting growth and making California more unaffordable.

— Steve Lopez, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2026

Definition of unaffordable

Adjective

Narrowing the spread also weakens the incentive to steer patients toward costlier drugs and to acquire physician practices and infusion clinics — the very behaviors that have made care more expensive.

— Casey B. Mulligan, STAT, 8 Oct. 2026
The problem is that these systems are slow, expensive and don’t scale.

— Reynald Fasciaux, Fortune, 8 Oct. 2026

Definition of expensive

Adjective

Quaise is developing the approach to reach superhot geothermal resources at depths and temperatures where conventional mechanical drilling can become difficult or uneconomical.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 29 Sep. 2026
Canada, the United States’ largest trading partner, suspended trade negotiations in August after the administration introduced last-minute demands, which Prime Minister Mark Carney described as uneconomic and unfair.

— JONAS NAHM, Foreign Affairs, 14 Sep. 2026

Definition of uneconomic

Adjective

Their first loss of the season came at the hands of unranked rival Oklahoma and two costly interceptions by Arch Manning contributed to the Longhorns' 27-24 defeat.

— Sean Joseph OutKick, FOXNews.com, 11 Oct. 2026
Turning the park into an upscale golf course will mean costlier fees and a likely loss of public space.

— Matthew Daly, Fortune, 10 Oct. 2026

Definition of costly

Adjective

The shoes’ steep pitch angle provides an aggressive, dramatic curve at the arch, delivering the Barbie feet effect.

— Karla Rodriguez, Footwear News, 9 Oct. 2026
In some areas, the river is flanked on both sides by steep limestone cliffs, and up and down the region, people have to trek through inhospitable desert terrain to get to the nearest paved road or pass through Border Patrol checkpoints.

— ABC News, ABC News, 9 Oct. 2026

Definition of steep

Adjective

The ethos of these few blocks, with all their overpriced swag and made-in-China Americana, is cheesiness.

— Justin Davidson, Curbed, 1 Oct. 2026
Both are sound strategies under the right circumstances, but neither can tell you whether a stock that’s down 30% is cheap, or merely less overpriced.

— byDoug Ashburn, Encyclopedia Britannica, 24 Sep. 2026

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