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prohibitive

British pronunciation/pɹəhˈɪbɪtˌɪv/
American pronunciation/pɹoʊˈhɪbətɪv/
prohibitive
[ADJECTIVE]
1

tending to discourage (especially of prices)

synonyms : prohibitory
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2

stopping others from doing something

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Examples
1The cost of this is prohibitive.
2The cost of the system is a little prohibitive.
3So the upfront cost is, in and of itself, totally prohibitive.
4In fact, we have no prohibitives.
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