Definition of obstructive in English:

obstructive

adjective əbˈstrʌktɪv

1Causing a blockage or obstruction.
all tubing should be cleared of obstructive algae and detritus
Example sentencesExamples
- ‘It's essential that SNH staff have a statutory right of access to all land and water without having to seek permission from obstructive land-owners,’ he said.
- A caller reported kids throwing leaves at passing cars on McGee Drive, saying she was ‘momentarily blinded’ by obstructed view from the leaves.
- The re-gasification terminals are viewed as large, obstructive and generally displeasing to the eye for local residents and businesses.
- Mrs Brown said that throughout Jones behaved in a violent and obstructive manner, at one point clinging on to a row of shopping trolleys.
- But one window, to the storeroom at the back, is open, and I step through and in, tearing my shirt on an obstructive nail as I go.
- We are confident that when this motion comes before the Council for debate, that it will be carried and these obstructive bollards will be removed once and for all.
- The group brought up issues including obstructive parking, criminal damage, drug and alcohol abuse, and vandalism as specific problem areas for the estate.
- Mr. Ralph, director of community, economy and environment, told the cabinet some market users had found it difficult and sometimes even impossible to set up because of obstructive vehicles.
- The council's ideas include widening footways, narrowing short stretches of the road, improving bus waiting areas, tackling obstructive street furniture and making the route more attractive and easier to walk with repaving.
- The leaflet informs the vehicle owner of their obstructive parking and warns them that it is an offence and could lead to prosecution.
- The edging for these borders should be selected carefully, not too high to be obstructive, not too low to be a waste of time and absolutely no sharp edges.
- We are not trying to be obstructive, it is a safety issue.
- There have been a number of difficulties with car parking, including unauthorised public parking, obstruction of access for Fire service vehicles and obstructive car parking in general.
- Residents in the area, who have had to put up with obstructive on-street parking and a sharp rise in traffic volumes, are understandably reluctant to see a bigger capacity park developed on the site of the current car park.
- HABITUÉS of Sydney's varied night life have long been aware that the main hazards in the bars and clubs are not the exotic concoctions on sale, but the obstructive and obnoxious bouncers on every door.
- Pedestrian charity and road safety campaign group, Living Streets joins battle against illegal and obstructive parking in the Norwich area by issuing its own parking warning notices.
- They worried that women sporting the obstructive hairstyle were lowering wartime factory production.
- But councillors claim absentee and obstructive landlords and residents could block the scheme in some streets.
- The proposed development will not form a visually obstructive feature in the landscape.
- Here too, point number three emphasized that the buses should not be brought to a halt in an obstructive way in front of bus stops.
1. 1.1 Relating to obstruction of a passage in the body, especially the gut or the bronchi.
  the child developed severe obstructive symptoms
  Example sentencesExamples
  People who suffer from obstructive sleep apnea are more likely to die suddenly from a heart attack when they are sleeping, according to a new study by researchers at the Mayo Clinic.
  Infants and children with paraphimosis may present with obstructive voiding symptoms and, when severe, acute urinary obstruction.
  The medical profession has known about the childhood obstructive sleep apnea syndrome since at least the 19th century.
  On follow-up, the size of the lesions decreased, and the obstructive symptoms improved with antibiotic treatment alone.
  Maintaining a healthy weight can help prevent obstructive sleep apnea, a blockage in the throat or upper airway that temporarily halts breathing and disrupts sleep patterns.
  Third, the duration of inspiratory effort is difficult to determine in obstructive disease with dynamic hyperinflation, due to a variable degree of neuromuscular uncoupling.
  Multiple studies have shown that those who suffer from obstructive sleep apnea have a decrease in their quality of life.
  He advised that Mr. Jackson was suffering from chronic simple bronchitis, chronic obstructive airways disease and emphysema, all arising from his past history of cigarette smoking.
  Apart from snoring, excessive daytime sleepiness is the most common symptom of obstructive sleep apnea.
  They treated 39 patients with obstructive symptoms using medical therapy.
  He denied having had a sexually transmitted disease, urinary tract infection, previous paraphimosis, instrumentation, piercings, or obstructive symptoms.
  Surgery still remains the standard of treatment for obstructive symptoms.
  This drug should be used with caution in patients who have significant cardiovascular disease, controlled asthma, chronic bronchitis, or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
  It can help in the diagnosis of an obstructive ventilatory pattern.
  The authors conclude the four weeks of treatment with a mandibular advancement splint improves daytime sleepiness and a range of other symptoms in patients with obstructive sleep apnea.
  Only if obstructive symptoms are significant would surgery be indicated, even in cases of systemic amyloidosis.
  Excess body weight contributes to obstructive sleep apnea, as does extra tissue at the back of your mouth and in your throat.
  He had recently developed rectal pain, significant lower gastrointestinal obstructive symptoms, and weight loss.
  People with chronic bronchitis or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease may experience recurrent exacerbations with worsening symptoms or greater volume or purulence of sputum.
  Heliox has been used and studied in adults with asthma, bronchitis, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and respiratory acidosis.
2Causing or tending to cause deliberate difficulties and delays.
he denied the council had been obstructive
Example sentencesExamples
- I hadn't expected to discover that they (their rules) were deliberately obstructive as well.
- That typifies his attitude throughout the case that has been uncooperative, obstructive and difficult.
- For instance, an application to open a farm shop could have serious highways problems, but local authorities can be more obstructive than helpful in farm diversification.
- The police constable told the court that when Smith was taken to Scarborough police station he was ‘difficult, obstructive and offensive towards the custody sergeant’.
- Abelard found the monks of Saint Gilda's difficult and obstructive - even dangerous - and he claims that there were several attempts on his life while in residence.
- That typifies his attitude throughout the case uncooperative, obstructive and difficult.
- His behaviour and attitude towards his supervisory team amounts to his being deliberately obstructive.
- The Ombudsman is also becoming an apologist for the Government, protecting obstructive Ministers who want to keep matters of government - the real facts - secret from the public.
- This is where the industry is being deliberately obstructive, holding Britain back in the meantime.
- I note they worked assiduously to cooperate with the Military Committee - even when the Government and the Defence Minister were deliberately obstructive.
- Human documents belong to humankind: hence his rage against obstructive archivists who dare refuse access to precious materials which have fallen to their care.
- If anything, company personnel were obstructive: Mr Jones first delayed the audit and then failed to implement it.
- The judge described F as having been deliberately obstructive.
- However awkward and obstructive the dictator has been, the president is going to war come what may.
- People who have been arrested are under a lot of stress and this produces obstructive and confrontational or violent behaviour - we need people who can defuse these situations.
- Was Mrs Smith deliberately obstructive or uncooperative?
- Tunes Online Ltd yesterday blamed obstructive record companies for its decision to delay the relaunch of its music service by several months.
- The ‘men in suits’, continually seeking change in the most obstructive way, brought confusion and chaos that disrupted the teaching process.
- It was and is reasonable to hold that Burke was deliberately and knowingly obstructive of the tribunal's work.
- Confidence and ambition regarding the international competitiveness of these industries made trade barriers and protection appear unnecessary and obstructive.
Synonyms
making difficulties, unhelpful, uncooperative, awkward, difficult, unaccommodating, disobliging, unconstructive, perverse, contrary
Scottish thrawn
British informal bloody-minded, bolshie
North American informal balky
archaic froward, contrarious

Derivatives

obstructively

adverb əbˈstrʌktɪvli

Vehicles parked illegally, obstructively or dangerously and broken down vehicles can be removed immediately by the police if they are on a road
Example sentencesExamples
- Motorists who park obstructively in Redhill and Reigate are to be warned of prosecution by a joint council and emergency services leaflet.
- Mr Frank alleged Mr Black had behaved aggressively and obstructively at meetings.
- Theoretically, he could have no weapons at all, but if he chose to behave obstructively, he'd be in material breach and subject to ‘serious consequences’.
- The problem is, both the writer and reader of reviews such as this prefer things simple, and performance benchmarks are extremely simple, perhaps obstructively so.

obstructiveness

noun əbˈstrʌktɪvnəs

The Senate also demonstrated its usual level of obstructiveness by blocking zero (sometimes also described as nought, nil or none) pieces of legislation.
Example sentencesExamples
- To contact the Metropolitan Police is a frustrating experience of long delays, indifference, obstructiveness and even downright hostility.
- Experience taught them not to underestimate the obstructiveness and capriciousness of governments or the malevolence of opponents.
- But the obstructiveness of Opposition parties is no reason to prevent the bill from being taken through its remaining stages.
- To these worries must now be added something about which nobody can do very much: the long-term obstructiveness and internal instability of Saudi Arabia.

Definition of obstructive in US English:

obstructive

adjective

1Causing a blockage or obstruction.
all tubing should be cleared of obstructive algae and detritus
Example sentencesExamples
- The leaflet informs the vehicle owner of their obstructive parking and warns them that it is an offence and could lead to prosecution.
- Mr. Ralph, director of community, economy and environment, told the cabinet some market users had found it difficult and sometimes even impossible to set up because of obstructive vehicles.
- The proposed development will not form a visually obstructive feature in the landscape.
- Mrs Brown said that throughout Jones behaved in a violent and obstructive manner, at one point clinging on to a row of shopping trolleys.
- ‘It's essential that SNH staff have a statutory right of access to all land and water without having to seek permission from obstructive land-owners,’ he said.
- There have been a number of difficulties with car parking, including unauthorised public parking, obstruction of access for Fire service vehicles and obstructive car parking in general.
- HABITUÉS of Sydney's varied night life have long been aware that the main hazards in the bars and clubs are not the exotic concoctions on sale, but the obstructive and obnoxious bouncers on every door.
- But councillors claim absentee and obstructive landlords and residents could block the scheme in some streets.
- The group brought up issues including obstructive parking, criminal damage, drug and alcohol abuse, and vandalism as specific problem areas for the estate.
- We are not trying to be obstructive, it is a safety issue.
- Here too, point number three emphasized that the buses should not be brought to a halt in an obstructive way in front of bus stops.
- The re-gasification terminals are viewed as large, obstructive and generally displeasing to the eye for local residents and businesses.
- A caller reported kids throwing leaves at passing cars on McGee Drive, saying she was ‘momentarily blinded’ by obstructed view from the leaves.
- They worried that women sporting the obstructive hairstyle were lowering wartime factory production.
- Pedestrian charity and road safety campaign group, Living Streets joins battle against illegal and obstructive parking in the Norwich area by issuing its own parking warning notices.
- We are confident that when this motion comes before the Council for debate, that it will be carried and these obstructive bollards will be removed once and for all.
- The council's ideas include widening footways, narrowing short stretches of the road, improving bus waiting areas, tackling obstructive street furniture and making the route more attractive and easier to walk with repaving.
- But one window, to the storeroom at the back, is open, and I step through and in, tearing my shirt on an obstructive nail as I go.
- The edging for these borders should be selected carefully, not too high to be obstructive, not too low to be a waste of time and absolutely no sharp edges.
- Residents in the area, who have had to put up with obstructive on-street parking and a sharp rise in traffic volumes, are understandably reluctant to see a bigger capacity park developed on the site of the current car park.
1. 1.1 Relating to obstruction of a passage in the body, especially the intestines or the bronchi.
  the child developed severe obstructive symptoms
  Example sentencesExamples
  Third, the duration of inspiratory effort is difficult to determine in obstructive disease with dynamic hyperinflation, due to a variable degree of neuromuscular uncoupling.
  Infants and children with paraphimosis may present with obstructive voiding symptoms and, when severe, acute urinary obstruction.
  He had recently developed rectal pain, significant lower gastrointestinal obstructive symptoms, and weight loss.
  It can help in the diagnosis of an obstructive ventilatory pattern.
  Apart from snoring, excessive daytime sleepiness is the most common symptom of obstructive sleep apnea.
  Only if obstructive symptoms are significant would surgery be indicated, even in cases of systemic amyloidosis.
  Heliox has been used and studied in adults with asthma, bronchitis, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and respiratory acidosis.
  People with chronic bronchitis or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease may experience recurrent exacerbations with worsening symptoms or greater volume or purulence of sputum.
  He denied having had a sexually transmitted disease, urinary tract infection, previous paraphimosis, instrumentation, piercings, or obstructive symptoms.
  Maintaining a healthy weight can help prevent obstructive sleep apnea, a blockage in the throat or upper airway that temporarily halts breathing and disrupts sleep patterns.
  The medical profession has known about the childhood obstructive sleep apnea syndrome since at least the 19th century.
  They treated 39 patients with obstructive symptoms using medical therapy.
  Multiple studies have shown that those who suffer from obstructive sleep apnea have a decrease in their quality of life.
  People who suffer from obstructive sleep apnea are more likely to die suddenly from a heart attack when they are sleeping, according to a new study by researchers at the Mayo Clinic.
  On follow-up, the size of the lesions decreased, and the obstructive symptoms improved with antibiotic treatment alone.
  He advised that Mr. Jackson was suffering from chronic simple bronchitis, chronic obstructive airways disease and emphysema, all arising from his past history of cigarette smoking.
  Excess body weight contributes to obstructive sleep apnea, as does extra tissue at the back of your mouth and in your throat.
  This drug should be used with caution in patients who have significant cardiovascular disease, controlled asthma, chronic bronchitis, or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
  The authors conclude the four weeks of treatment with a mandibular advancement splint improves daytime sleepiness and a range of other symptoms in patients with obstructive sleep apnea.
  Surgery still remains the standard of treatment for obstructive symptoms.
2Causing or tending to cause deliberate difficulties and delays.
instead of being helpful, she had been a shade obstructive
Example sentencesExamples
- The Ombudsman is also becoming an apologist for the Government, protecting obstructive Ministers who want to keep matters of government - the real facts - secret from the public.
- It was and is reasonable to hold that Burke was deliberately and knowingly obstructive of the tribunal's work.
- Abelard found the monks of Saint Gilda's difficult and obstructive - even dangerous - and he claims that there were several attempts on his life while in residence.
- That typifies his attitude throughout the case uncooperative, obstructive and difficult.
- The police constable told the court that when Smith was taken to Scarborough police station he was ‘difficult, obstructive and offensive towards the custody sergeant’.
- The judge described F as having been deliberately obstructive.
- For instance, an application to open a farm shop could have serious highways problems, but local authorities can be more obstructive than helpful in farm diversification.
- I note they worked assiduously to cooperate with the Military Committee - even when the Government and the Defence Minister were deliberately obstructive.
- However awkward and obstructive the dictator has been, the president is going to war come what may.
- That typifies his attitude throughout the case that has been uncooperative, obstructive and difficult.
- Tunes Online Ltd yesterday blamed obstructive record companies for its decision to delay the relaunch of its music service by several months.
- This is where the industry is being deliberately obstructive, holding Britain back in the meantime.
- Human documents belong to humankind: hence his rage against obstructive archivists who dare refuse access to precious materials which have fallen to their care.
- Was Mrs Smith deliberately obstructive or uncooperative?
- The ‘men in suits’, continually seeking change in the most obstructive way, brought confusion and chaos that disrupted the teaching process.
- People who have been arrested are under a lot of stress and this produces obstructive and confrontational or violent behaviour - we need people who can defuse these situations.
- Confidence and ambition regarding the international competitiveness of these industries made trade barriers and protection appear unnecessary and obstructive.
- His behaviour and attitude towards his supervisory team amounts to his being deliberately obstructive.
- If anything, company personnel were obstructive: Mr Jones first delayed the audit and then failed to implement it.
- I hadn't expected to discover that they (their rules) were deliberately obstructive as well.
Synonyms
making difficulties, unhelpful, uncooperative, awkward, difficult, unaccommodating, disobliging, unconstructive, perverse, contrary

单词	obstructive
释义	Definition of obstructive in English: obstructive adjective əbˈstrʌktɪv 1Causing a blockage or obstruction. all tubing should be cleared of obstructive algae and detritus Example sentencesExamples ‘It's essential that SNH staff have a statutory right of access to all land and water without having to seek permission from obstructive land-owners,’ he said. A caller reported kids throwing leaves at passing cars on McGee Drive, saying she was ‘momentarily blinded’ by obstructed view from the leaves. The re-gasification terminals are viewed as large, obstructive and generally displeasing to the eye for local residents and businesses. Mrs Brown said that throughout Jones behaved in a violent and obstructive manner, at one point clinging on to a row of shopping trolleys. But one window, to the storeroom at the back, is open, and I step through and in, tearing my shirt on an obstructive nail as I go. We are confident that when this motion comes before the Council for debate, that it will be carried and these obstructive bollards will be removed once and for all. The group brought up issues including obstructive parking, criminal damage, drug and alcohol abuse, and vandalism as specific problem areas for the estate. Mr. Ralph, director of community, economy and environment, told the cabinet some market users had found it difficult and sometimes even impossible to set up because of obstructive vehicles. The council's ideas include widening footways, narrowing short stretches of the road, improving bus waiting areas, tackling obstructive street furniture and making the route more attractive and easier to walk with repaving. The leaflet informs the vehicle owner of their obstructive parking and warns them that it is an offence and could lead to prosecution. The edging for these borders should be selected carefully, not too high to be obstructive, not too low to be a waste of time and absolutely no sharp edges. We are not trying to be obstructive, it is a safety issue. There have been a number of difficulties with car parking, including unauthorised public parking, obstruction of access for Fire service vehicles and obstructive car parking in general. Residents in the area, who have had to put up with obstructive on-street parking and a sharp rise in traffic volumes, are understandably reluctant to see a bigger capacity park developed on the site of the current car park. HABITUÉS of Sydney's varied night life have long been aware that the main hazards in the bars and clubs are not the exotic concoctions on sale, but the obstructive and obnoxious bouncers on every door. Pedestrian charity and road safety campaign group, Living Streets joins battle against illegal and obstructive parking in the Norwich area by issuing its own parking warning notices. They worried that women sporting the obstructive hairstyle were lowering wartime factory production. But councillors claim absentee and obstructive landlords and residents could block the scheme in some streets. The proposed development will not form a visually obstructive feature in the landscape. Here too, point number three emphasized that the buses should not be brought to a halt in an obstructive way in front of bus stops. 1.1 Relating to obstruction of a passage in the body, especially the gut or the bronchi. the child developed severe obstructive symptoms Example sentencesExamples People who suffer from obstructive sleep apnea are more likely to die suddenly from a heart attack when they are sleeping, according to a new study by researchers at the Mayo Clinic. Infants and children with paraphimosis may present with obstructive voiding symptoms and, when severe, acute urinary obstruction. The medical profession has known about the childhood obstructive sleep apnea syndrome since at least the 19th century. On follow-up, the size of the lesions decreased, and the obstructive symptoms improved with antibiotic treatment alone. Maintaining a healthy weight can help prevent obstructive sleep apnea, a blockage in the throat or upper airway that temporarily halts breathing and disrupts sleep patterns. Third, the duration of inspiratory effort is difficult to determine in obstructive disease with dynamic hyperinflation, due to a variable degree of neuromuscular uncoupling. Multiple studies have shown that those who suffer from obstructive sleep apnea have a decrease in their quality of life. He advised that Mr. Jackson was suffering from chronic simple bronchitis, chronic obstructive airways disease and emphysema, all arising from his past history of cigarette smoking. Apart from snoring, excessive daytime sleepiness is the most common symptom of obstructive sleep apnea. They treated 39 patients with obstructive symptoms using medical therapy. He denied having had a sexually transmitted disease, urinary tract infection, previous paraphimosis, instrumentation, piercings, or obstructive symptoms. Surgery still remains the standard of treatment for obstructive symptoms. This drug should be used with caution in patients who have significant cardiovascular disease, controlled asthma, chronic bronchitis, or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. It can help in the diagnosis of an obstructive ventilatory pattern. The authors conclude the four weeks of treatment with a mandibular advancement splint improves daytime sleepiness and a range of other symptoms in patients with obstructive sleep apnea. Only if obstructive symptoms are significant would surgery be indicated, even in cases of systemic amyloidosis. Excess body weight contributes to obstructive sleep apnea, as does extra tissue at the back of your mouth and in your throat. He had recently developed rectal pain, significant lower gastrointestinal obstructive symptoms, and weight loss. People with chronic bronchitis or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease may experience recurrent exacerbations with worsening symptoms or greater volume or purulence of sputum. Heliox has been used and studied in adults with asthma, bronchitis, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and respiratory acidosis. 2Causing or tending to cause deliberate difficulties and delays. he denied the council had been obstructive Example sentencesExamples I hadn't expected to discover that they (their rules) were deliberately obstructive as well. That typifies his attitude throughout the case that has been uncooperative, obstructive and difficult. For instance, an application to open a farm shop could have serious highways problems, but local authorities can be more obstructive than helpful in farm diversification. The police constable told the court that when Smith was taken to Scarborough police station he was ‘difficult, obstructive and offensive towards the custody sergeant’. Abelard found the monks of Saint Gilda's difficult and obstructive - even dangerous - and he claims that there were several attempts on his life while in residence. That typifies his attitude throughout the case uncooperative, obstructive and difficult. His behaviour and attitude towards his supervisory team amounts to his being deliberately obstructive. The Ombudsman is also becoming an apologist for the Government, protecting obstructive Ministers who want to keep matters of government - the real facts - secret from the public. This is where the industry is being deliberately obstructive, holding Britain back in the meantime. I note they worked assiduously to cooperate with the Military Committee - even when the Government and the Defence Minister were deliberately obstructive. Human documents belong to humankind: hence his rage against obstructive archivists who dare refuse access to precious materials which have fallen to their care. If anything, company personnel were obstructive: Mr Jones first delayed the audit and then failed to implement it. The judge described F as having been deliberately obstructive. However awkward and obstructive the dictator has been, the president is going to war come what may. People who have been arrested are under a lot of stress and this produces obstructive and confrontational or violent behaviour - we need people who can defuse these situations. Was Mrs Smith deliberately obstructive or uncooperative? Tunes Online Ltd yesterday blamed obstructive record companies for its decision to delay the relaunch of its music service by several months. The ‘men in suits’, continually seeking change in the most obstructive way, brought confusion and chaos that disrupted the teaching process. It was and is reasonable to hold that Burke was deliberately and knowingly obstructive of the tribunal's work. Confidence and ambition regarding the international competitiveness of these industries made trade barriers and protection appear unnecessary and obstructive. Synonyms making difficulties, unhelpful, uncooperative, awkward, difficult, unaccommodating, disobliging, unconstructive, perverse, contrary Scottish thrawn British informal bloody-minded, bolshie North American informal balky archaic froward, contrarious Derivatives obstructively adverb əbˈstrʌktɪvli Vehicles parked illegally, obstructively or dangerously and broken down vehicles can be removed immediately by the police if they are on a road Example sentencesExamples Motorists who park obstructively in Redhill and Reigate are to be warned of prosecution by a joint council and emergency services leaflet. Mr Frank alleged Mr Black had behaved aggressively and obstructively at meetings. Theoretically, he could have no weapons at all, but if he chose to behave obstructively, he'd be in material breach and subject to ‘serious consequences’. The problem is, both the writer and reader of reviews such as this prefer things simple, and performance benchmarks are extremely simple, perhaps obstructively so. obstructiveness noun əbˈstrʌktɪvnəs The Senate also demonstrated its usual level of obstructiveness by blocking zero (sometimes also described as nought, nil or none) pieces of legislation. Example sentencesExamples To contact the Metropolitan Police is a frustrating experience of long delays, indifference, obstructiveness and even downright hostility. Experience taught them not to underestimate the obstructiveness and capriciousness of governments or the malevolence of opponents. But the obstructiveness of Opposition parties is no reason to prevent the bill from being taken through its remaining stages. To these worries must now be added something about which nobody can do very much: the long-term obstructiveness and internal instability of Saudi Arabia. Definition of obstructive in US English: obstructive adjective 1Causing a blockage or obstruction. all tubing should be cleared of obstructive algae and detritus Example sentencesExamples The leaflet informs the vehicle owner of their obstructive parking and warns them that it is an offence and could lead to prosecution. Mr. Ralph, director of community, economy and environment, told the cabinet some market users had found it difficult and sometimes even impossible to set up because of obstructive vehicles. The proposed development will not form a visually obstructive feature in the landscape. Mrs Brown said that throughout Jones behaved in a violent and obstructive manner, at one point clinging on to a row of shopping trolleys. ‘It's essential that SNH staff have a statutory right of access to all land and water without having to seek permission from obstructive land-owners,’ he said. There have been a number of difficulties with car parking, including unauthorised public parking, obstruction of access for Fire service vehicles and obstructive car parking in general. HABITUÉS of Sydney's varied night life have long been aware that the main hazards in the bars and clubs are not the exotic concoctions on sale, but the obstructive and obnoxious bouncers on every door. But councillors claim absentee and obstructive landlords and residents could block the scheme in some streets. The group brought up issues including obstructive parking, criminal damage, drug and alcohol abuse, and vandalism as specific problem areas for the estate. We are not trying to be obstructive, it is a safety issue. Here too, point number three emphasized that the buses should not be brought to a halt in an obstructive way in front of bus stops. The re-gasification terminals are viewed as large, obstructive and generally displeasing to the eye for local residents and businesses. A caller reported kids throwing leaves at passing cars on McGee Drive, saying she was ‘momentarily blinded’ by obstructed view from the leaves. They worried that women sporting the obstructive hairstyle were lowering wartime factory production. Pedestrian charity and road safety campaign group, Living Streets joins battle against illegal and obstructive parking in the Norwich area by issuing its own parking warning notices. We are confident that when this motion comes before the Council for debate, that it will be carried and these obstructive bollards will be removed once and for all. The council's ideas include widening footways, narrowing short stretches of the road, improving bus waiting areas, tackling obstructive street furniture and making the route more attractive and easier to walk with repaving. But one window, to the storeroom at the back, is open, and I step through and in, tearing my shirt on an obstructive nail as I go. The edging for these borders should be selected carefully, not too high to be obstructive, not too low to be a waste of time and absolutely no sharp edges. Residents in the area, who have had to put up with obstructive on-street parking and a sharp rise in traffic volumes, are understandably reluctant to see a bigger capacity park developed on the site of the current car park. 1.1 Relating to obstruction of a passage in the body, especially the intestines or the bronchi. the child developed severe obstructive symptoms Example sentencesExamples Third, the duration of inspiratory effort is difficult to determine in obstructive disease with dynamic hyperinflation, due to a variable degree of neuromuscular uncoupling. Infants and children with paraphimosis may present with obstructive voiding symptoms and, when severe, acute urinary obstruction. He had recently developed rectal pain, significant lower gastrointestinal obstructive symptoms, and weight loss. It can help in the diagnosis of an obstructive ventilatory pattern. Apart from snoring, excessive daytime sleepiness is the most common symptom of obstructive sleep apnea. Only if obstructive symptoms are significant would surgery be indicated, even in cases of systemic amyloidosis. Heliox has been used and studied in adults with asthma, bronchitis, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and respiratory acidosis. People with chronic bronchitis or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease may experience recurrent exacerbations with worsening symptoms or greater volume or purulence of sputum. He denied having had a sexually transmitted disease, urinary tract infection, previous paraphimosis, instrumentation, piercings, or obstructive symptoms. Maintaining a healthy weight can help prevent obstructive sleep apnea, a blockage in the throat or upper airway that temporarily halts breathing and disrupts sleep patterns. The medical profession has known about the childhood obstructive sleep apnea syndrome since at least the 19th century. They treated 39 patients with obstructive symptoms using medical therapy. Multiple studies have shown that those who suffer from obstructive sleep apnea have a decrease in their quality of life. People who suffer from obstructive sleep apnea are more likely to die suddenly from a heart attack when they are sleeping, according to a new study by researchers at the Mayo Clinic. On follow-up, the size of the lesions decreased, and the obstructive symptoms improved with antibiotic treatment alone. He advised that Mr. Jackson was suffering from chronic simple bronchitis, chronic obstructive airways disease and emphysema, all arising from his past history of cigarette smoking. Excess body weight contributes to obstructive sleep apnea, as does extra tissue at the back of your mouth and in your throat. This drug should be used with caution in patients who have significant cardiovascular disease, controlled asthma, chronic bronchitis, or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. The authors conclude the four weeks of treatment with a mandibular advancement splint improves daytime sleepiness and a range of other symptoms in patients with obstructive sleep apnea. Surgery still remains the standard of treatment for obstructive symptoms. 2Causing or tending to cause deliberate difficulties and delays. instead of being helpful, she had been a shade obstructive Example sentencesExamples The Ombudsman is also becoming an apologist for the Government, protecting obstructive Ministers who want to keep matters of government - the real facts - secret from the public. It was and is reasonable to hold that Burke was deliberately and knowingly obstructive of the tribunal's work. Abelard found the monks of Saint Gilda's difficult and obstructive - even dangerous - and he claims that there were several attempts on his life while in residence. That typifies his attitude throughout the case uncooperative, obstructive and difficult. The police constable told the court that when Smith was taken to Scarborough police station he was ‘difficult, obstructive and offensive towards the custody sergeant’. The judge described F as having been deliberately obstructive. For instance, an application to open a farm shop could have serious highways problems, but local authorities can be more obstructive than helpful in farm diversification. I note they worked assiduously to cooperate with the Military Committee - even when the Government and the Defence Minister were deliberately obstructive. However awkward and obstructive the dictator has been, the president is going to war come what may. That typifies his attitude throughout the case that has been uncooperative, obstructive and difficult. Tunes Online Ltd yesterday blamed obstructive record companies for its decision to delay the relaunch of its music service by several months. This is where the industry is being deliberately obstructive, holding Britain back in the meantime. Human documents belong to humankind: hence his rage against obstructive archivists who dare refuse access to precious materials which have fallen to their care. Was Mrs Smith deliberately obstructive or uncooperative? The ‘men in suits’, continually seeking change in the most obstructive way, brought confusion and chaos that disrupted the teaching process. People who have been arrested are under a lot of stress and this produces obstructive and confrontational or violent behaviour - we need people who can defuse these situations. Confidence and ambition regarding the international competitiveness of these industries made trade barriers and protection appear unnecessary and obstructive. His behaviour and attitude towards his supervisory team amounts to his being deliberately obstructive. If anything, company personnel were obstructive: Mr Jones first delayed the audit and then failed to implement it. I hadn't expected to discover that they (their rules) were deliberately obstructive as well. Synonyms making difficulties, unhelpful, uncooperative, awkward, difficult, unaccommodating, disobliging, unconstructive, perverse, contrary
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