prohibitory

pro·hib·i·tive

P0587900 (prō-hĭb′ĭ-tĭv) also pro·hib·i·to·ry (-tôr′ē)adj.1. Prohibiting; forbidding: took prohibitive measures.2. So high or burdensome as to discourage purchase or use: prohibitive prices.3. So likely to win as to discourage competition: the prohibitive favorite to win the nomination.

pro·hib′i·tive·ly adv.pro·hib′i·tive·ness n.

pro•hib•i•tive

(proʊˈhɪb ɪ tɪv)

adj. 1. serving to prohibit or forbid something. 2. sufficing to prevent the use, purchase, etc., of something: prohibitive prices. [1595–1605; < Medieval Latin] pro•hib′i•tive•ly, adv. pro•hib′i•tive•ness, n.

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Adj.

prohibitory - tending to discourage (especially of prices); "the price was prohibitive"prohibitivepreventative, preventive - tending to prevent or hinder

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Prohibitory

ACTION, PROHIBITORY, civil law. An action instituted to avoid a sale onaccount of some Vice or defect in the thing sold which readers it eitherabsolutely useless, or its use so inconvenient and, imperfect, that it mustbe, supposed the buyer would not have purchased it, had he known of thevice. Civ. Code of Louis. art. 2496.

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Synonyms for prohibitory

adj tending to discourage (especially of prices)

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