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Prohibitive Moderate

Origin: Latin suffix -ive

Prohibitive has 3 different meanings across 1 category:

Adjective

Definitions
Noun
1

negative imperative

Adjective
1

tending to discourage (especially of prices)

"the price was prohibitive"

2

Tending to prohibit, preclude, or disallow.

See Also
prohibit prohibition imperative budget air superiority costly preclude prohibitively
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Rhyming Words
vive zive give yive jive wive tive rive five bive dive live hive skive blive shive alive snive chive swive
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