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Word entry · 11 letters

prohibitive

Best crossword clue

"Too costly"

11 letters · collected on this word page

11 lettersPronunciation /pɹəˈhɪbɪtɪv/Part of speech adjectiveSorted behiiioprtvStarts with PEnds with E1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Filled answer is this word (PROHIBITIVE).

Definitions

  1. tending to discourage (especially of prices)

Word origin

From Middle English prohibitif, prohibityve, from Medieval Latin prohibitīvus, from prohibit-, past-participle stem of Latin prohibēre. By surface analysis, prohibit + -ive.

Used in a sentence

  • Some countries are more prohibitive than others when it comes to hot topics like euthanasia and cloning.
  • I'd like to visit Europe someday, but the cost is prohibitive right now.
  • “I think there’s no question about that. I think he’s the prohibitive favorite if he gets in,” Dennis Lennox, a Michigan-based Republican political consultant, told Politico.

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