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Princeton's WordNet

  1. prohibitivelyadverb

    to a prohibitive degree

    "it is prohibitively expensive"

Wiktionary

  1. prohibitivelyadverb

    In a prohibitive manner.

  2. prohibitivelyadverb

    To a prohibitive extent.

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  1. prohibitively

    Prohibitively refers to being so high, excessive, or steep (like in cost, price, difficulty, risk) that it discourages or prevents someone from doing something or proceeding with an action. It denotes a situation that is not feasible, accessible, or allowable due to a significant hindrance, usually a financial or practical one.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of prohibitively in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of prohibitively in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of prohibitively in a Sentence

  1. Melanie Willingham-Jaggers:

    These bathroom bans hurt students’ academic achievement – and the educators held accountable for students’ success. Discriminatory policies affect more than just grades: LGBTQ+ students who experience discrimination, like being prohibited from using the restroom, report higher levels of depression and lower self-esteem. Enforcing these bills would be prohibitively expensive and time-consuming for schools and extraordinarily invasive toward transgender students.

  2. Joanne Heyman:

    My concern is that frequently, [ summits ] are so prohibitively priced that we create the misperception that in order to engage in wellness Chief Content Officer Elise Loehnen have to spend a lot of money, thus creating a larger divide between those who have and those who do not.

  3. Phillip Finnegan:

    From a cost perspective, it is important to figure out how to do this in a low cost way. If you start using expensive munitions, it is prohibitively expensive.

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