Prohibitive is an English word with synonyms like prohibitory or preventive. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Prohibitive meaning
- Tending to prohibit, preclude, or disallow.
- Requiring an unreasonable or impractical effort.
- Costly to the extreme; beyond budget.
Synonyms of Prohibitive
Using Prohibitive
- The main meaning on this page is: Tending to prohibit, preclude, or disallow. | Requiring an unreasonable or impractical effort. | Costly to the extreme; beyond budget.
- Useful related words include: prohibitory, preventive, preventative.
- In the example corpus, prohibitive often appears in combinations such as: be prohibitive, cost prohibitive, the prohibitive.
Context around Prohibitive
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.2 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 10 middle, 9 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Prohibitive
- In this selection, "prohibitive" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 24.2 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, cost, price, particularly, barrier, costs and favorite stand out and add context to how "prohibitive" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a cost prohibitive barrier to and an almost prohibitive favorite at. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "prohibitive" sits close to words such as akhtar, alford and ascertained, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with prohibitive
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Despite their impressive capabilities, the cost of building and maintaining these supercarriers is prohibitive. (14 words)
Talbott is an almost prohibitive favorite at -800 while Aguirre’s comeback sits at +550. (15 words)
Less discussed is the cost of eating and drinking on Wadjemup, which can be prohibitive, if delicious. (17 words)
While billions in federal funding have been allocated to subsidize utility costs and the installation of cooling systems, experts say they often only support a fraction of the most vulnerable families and some still require prohibitive upfront costs. (38 words)
One demographic Recharge Capital is focused on is medical tourism, because the cost of fertility care in many markets is cost prohibitive, so patients look for care in other countries with easy-to-navigate services and regulations. (37 words)
The US also needs to reduce prohibitive barriers to entry for startups in the chip industry, Raimondo said, lamenting that funding for technology hardware makes up only 3% of US venture capital, down from 20% in 2005. (37 words)
Example sentences (20)
For those who may be interested, Fastrak racing is not inexpensive and features a cost-prohibitive barrier to entry.
He said: “It is nonsense to suggest that the registration process is particularly prohibitive, and it is simply not unreasonable to expect businesses to require registration.
I could lighten my load considerably if I went to ultra-light gear, but it’s price prohibitive, and I’m a geezer anyway.
Less discussed is the cost of eating and drinking on Wadjemup, which can be prohibitive, if delicious.
One demographic Recharge Capital is focused on is medical tourism, because the cost of fertility care in many markets is cost prohibitive, so patients look for care in other countries with easy-to-navigate services and regulations.
Previously the city required open space and passive recreational areas in the downtown, however given the downtown development pattern this is difficult and cost prohibitive.
Shadow Minister for Energy and Climate Change and candidate for the State seat of Bankstown, Jihad Dib, said only one in 60 households had solar have batteries, mainly due to prohibitive costs.
Talbott is an almost prohibitive favorite at -800 while Aguirre’s comeback sits at +550.
The “display ban” and “point of sale” ban are restrictive, prohibitive laws that will add to the burden of law enforcement agencies.
The US also needs to reduce prohibitive barriers to entry for startups in the chip industry, Raimondo said, lamenting that funding for technology hardware makes up only 3% of US venture capital, down from 20% in 2005.
Weaker cameras than most flagships, more fragile displays due to more moving parts, and prohibitive price points.
While billions in federal funding have been allocated to subsidize utility costs and the installation of cooling systems, experts say they often only support a fraction of the most vulnerable families and some still require prohibitive upfront costs.
With interest rates on the rise and the level of leverage no longer considered conservative, issuing debt to finance growth became prohibitive for the company.
Alden, who grew up in Eureka, says the time-consuming logistics, changing demographics and prohibitive cost of owning horses contributes to the recruitment challenges.
A more direct path across Anbar Province remains prohibitive due to terrain and lack of quiescent access to Jordan.
But cost is a factor, and it kept increasing … at Brick, and it was going to be cost prohibitive if we continued to have it there.
But to produce a road-going electric sports car using the RC’s carbon fiber construction would make the price prohibitive.
Critics warn that the decision could make fertility treatment prices prohibitive for many families and could discourage medical providers from performing infertility treatments.
Despite their impressive capabilities, the cost of building and maintaining these supercarriers is prohibitive.
He says a TPO on the woodland would be too prohibitive and bureaucratic and could cause him to sell up and move on.
Common combinations with prohibitive
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- be prohibitive 17×
- cost prohibitive 13×
- the prohibitive 13×
- prohibitive and 7×
- prohibitive for 7×
- prohibitive cost 7×
- prohibitive costs 6×
- to prohibitive 5×
- prohibitive favorite 4×
- is prohibitive 4×