prohibitive

Academic Word List, sublist 7.

About 1.04 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. adjective Tending to prohibit, preclude, or disallow.

   Some countries are more prohibitive than others when it comes to hot topics like euthanasia and cloning.

2. adjective Requiring an unreasonable or impractical effort.
3. adjective Costly to the extreme; beyond budget.

   I'd like to visit Europe someday, but the cost is prohibitive right now.

4. adjective Being the presumptive or likely winner of a contest.
5. noun A negative imperative.

Similar words

prohibitory preventive preventative prohibition deterrent dissuasive prohibited unaffordable restrictive priceless

Often followed by

for cost in and to costs tariff duties tariffs

Word family

prohibit prohibited prohibiting prohibition prohibitions prohibitively prohibitiveness prohibitivenesses prohibits