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Meanings of prohibitory in English

Tending to discourage (especially of prices)

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Examples for "prohibitive"
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Conclusions: Only one-third of inoperable patients are prohibitive risk for any intervention.
Pubmed
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But that was something that would've been cost prohibitive five years ago.
The new yorker
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The burden of evidence that victims have to bear will become prohibitive.
The Guardian
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African countries have some of the world's most prohibitive laws governing homosexuality.
Reuters
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I consider the capital gains tax environment in Argentina to be prohibitive.
Reuters
Usage of prohibitory in English
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But this is the restrictive or prohibitory system in its simplest form.
Sophisms of the Protectionists
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For that purpose it has in strong prohibitory language expressly declared that-
State of the Union Addresses
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We soon had proof that the men rebelled against the prohibitory law.
A Trip to Manitoba
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He cursed Cossack law and the prohibitory measures to keep Americans out.
The Alaskan
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I forget the amount, but it was large enough to be prohibitory.
The Every-day Life of Abraham Lincoln / A Narrative And Descript...
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Her constitutional prohibitory law and statutory enactments are all right, properly administered.
The Use and Need of the Life of Carry A. Nation
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Is the prohibitory liquor law preferable to a system of high license?
Barkham Burroughs' Encyclopaedia of Astounding Facts and Useful ...
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The question next to be considered is, Can prohibitory laws be enforced?
Grappling with the Monster; Or, the Curse and the Cure of Strong...
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Protection had been a failure when it reached a prohibitory duty of 80s.
The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.III. / From the Acc...
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I hold with Phillips Brooks that all prohibitory measures are negative.
Joy and Power: Three Messages with One Meaning
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But these very laws are bad because they are restrictive, partial, and prohibitory.
The Great Speeches and Orations of Daniel Webster / With an Essa...
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Can prohibitory laws be enforced, and will they cure the evil of drunkenness?
Grappling with the Monster; Or, the Curse and the Cure of Strong...
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We don't mean to use this as an argument against the prohibitory law!
The Twin Hells / A Thrilling Narrative of Life in the Kansas and...
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The restrictions were mainly those of the prohibitory Mosaic commandments.
The French in the Heart of America
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Our government should rigidly continue the prohibitory law as enforced by the Russian officials.
Overland through Asia; Pictures of Siberian, Chinese, and Tartar...
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I tell you, the people want a chance to vote on this prohibitory question.
The Ramrodders: A Novel
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