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be prohibitive
adjective
Tending to prohibit, preclude, or disallow.
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Exact(53)
Tuition rates can be prohibitive.
The costs would be prohibitive.
But the cost would be prohibitive anyway.
That and the cost can be prohibitive.
That clause is meant to be prohibitive.
But sometimes those costs can be prohibitive.
Similar(7)
The cost was prohibitive.
Childcare costs were prohibitive.
(Greenwich Village rents were prohibitive).
"It would have been prohibitive".
France's tax burden is "prohibitive".
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