Antonyms for prohibitive

Grammar : Adj

Spell : proh-hib-i-tiv

Phonetic Transcription : proʊˈhɪb ɪ tɪv

Definition of prohibitive

Origin : c.1600, "having the quality of prohibiting," from prohibit + -ive, or else from French prohibitif (16c.), from Late Latin prohibit-, past participle stem of prohibere. Of prices, rates, etc., "so high as to prevent use," it is from 1886. Related: Prohibitively.

adj restrictive; beyond one's

Example sentences :

Sulkily Papa argued that the cost in any case was prohibitive.
Extract from : « The Innocent Adventuress » by Mary Hastings Bradley

I've been ashamed ever since, too, that I allowed it to be prohibitive.
Extract from : « Penguin Persons & Peppermints » by Walter Prichard Eaton

Prohibitive physical defects are also discovered in this connection.
Extract from : « Sex » by Henry Stanton

What she wished was to dangle it before my eyes and put a prohibitive price on it.
Extract from : « The Aspern Papers » by Henry James

It may also be used with vegetables when the price of butter is prohibitive.
Extract from : « Foods and Household Management » by Helen Kinne

And must be of such a nature that the cost of obtaining the fiber will not be prohibitive.
Extract from : « From Paper-mill to Pressroom » by William Bond Wheelwright

The cost of running a tender is prohibitive in the cases of purchases in small amounts.
Extract from : « After the Rain » by Sam Vaknin

Of course, the price was kind of prohibitive: Thirteen-fifty per Teletwist.
Extract from : « Double or Nothing » by Jack Sharkey

For commercial plantations, however, the cost of the frames is prohibitive.
Extract from : « The Vegetable Garden » by Anonymous

The movement if successful will act not as a protective but a prohibitive tariff.
Extract from : « The Wheel of Fortune » by Mahatma Gandhi

Synonyms for prohibitive

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