prohibitive

Plural: prohibitives

Adjective Satellite

• tending to discourage (especially of prices)
  • "the price was prohibitive"

Adj

• Tending to prohibit, preclude, or disallow.
• Requiring an unreasonable or impractical effort.
• Costly to the extreme; beyond budget.
• Being the presumptive or likely winner of a contest.

Noun

• A negative imperative.

Examples

• "I'd like to visit Europe someday, but the cost is prohibitive right now."
• "Some countries are more prohibitive than others when it comes to hot topics like euthanasia and cloning."

Synonyms

extortionate, prohibitory

Anagrams of prohibitive