How do you pronounce prohibitive?

prohibitive is pronounced as /prəˈhɪbɪtɪv/.

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prohibitive

💸prohibitive (prohibitif)

adjective

/prəˈhɪbɪtɪv/

interdit (interdit)

prohibitionist prohibitory

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Signification

Too high or expensive to be affordable; serving to prevent or discourage action.

Traduction de la signification

Trop élevé ou cher pour être abordable ; sert à prévenir ou décourager l'action.

Phrases d'exemple

The cost of the medication is prohibitive for many families.

Le coût du médicament est trop élevé pour de nombreuses familles.

Synonymes

excessive, exorbitant, restrictive, expensive

Antonymes

affordable, reasonable, cheap

Collocations

prohibitive cost, prohibitive price, prohibitive expense

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Qualitative (qualitatif)

relating to quality or character rather than quantity; descriptive rather than numerical

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Based on, concerned with, or verifiable by observation or experience rather than theory or pure logi...

epistolary (épistolaire)

Related to the writing of letters; expressed in or through letters.

successive (successif)

following one after the other in an uninterrupted sequence

montane (relatif aux régions montagneuses; trouvé dans les environnements montagneux)

Relating to mountainous regions; found in mountain environments.

misanthropic (misanthropique)

having or showing a dislike of humankind

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