Sekirov Dictionary

prohibitive

/pɹəˈhɪbɪtɪv/

adjective 4
noun 1
forms 3

adjective4

•
Tending to prohibit, preclude, or disallow.
- Some countries are more prohibitive than others when it comes to hot topics like euthanasia and cloning.
Requiring an unreasonable or impractical effort.
•
Costly to the extreme; beyond budget.
- I'd like to visit Europe someday, but the cost is prohibitive right now.
•
(US) Being the presumptive or likely winner of a contest.
- “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. — 2017

noun1

A negative imperative.

forms

prohibitives · more prohibitive · most prohibitive

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