prohibitive

pro·hib·i·tive  (pr-hb-tv) also pro·hib·i·to·ry (-tôr, -tr)

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.

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pro·hibi·tive·ly adv.

pro·hibi·tive·ness n.

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prohibitive [prəˈhɪbɪtɪv] less commonly, prohibitory [prəˈhɪbɪtərɪ -trɪ]

adj

1. prohibiting or tending to prohibit

2. (esp of prices) tending or designed to discourage sale or purchase

prohibitively  adv

prohibitiveness  n

Thesaurus

Adj.

1.

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

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prohibitive

adjective

1. exorbitant, excessive, steep (informal), high-priced, preposterous, sky-high, extortionate, beyond your means The cost of private treatment can be prohibitive.

2. prohibiting, forbidding, restraining, restrictive, repressive, suppressive, proscriptive prohibitive regulations

Translations

prohibitive [prəˈhɪbɪtɪv] ADJ → prohibitivo

prohibitive [prəʊˈhɪbɪtɪv] adj [price, cost] → prohibitif/ive

prohibitive

adj

tax → prohibitiv; prohibitive duty → Sperrzoll m; prohibitive laws → Verbotsgesetze pl; prohibitive signs → Verbotsschilder pl; prohibitive rules → Verbote pl

price, cost → unerschwinglich; the costs of producing this model have become prohibitive → die Kosten für die Herstellung dieses Modells sind untragbar geworden

prohibitive [prəˈhɪbɪtɪv] adj (price) → proibitivo/a