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Prohibitive
prə(ʊ)ˈhɪbɪtɪv
Prohibitive definitions
adjective
prohibitive
- (of a law or rule) forbidding or restricting something
"prohibitive legislation"
- preventing someone from doing something
"books made browser-proof with prohibitive cellophane wrapping"
- (of a price or charge) so high as to prevent something being done or bought
"the cost of converting existing power stations is likely to be prohibitive"
excessively high extortionate excessive exorbitant sky-high preposterous outrageous scandalous out of the question beyond one's means more than one can afford unreasonable impossible overinflated