prohibitive
adjective
1. tending to discourage (especially of prices)
- the price was prohibitive
Similar word(s): preventative, preventive, prohibitory
Sentences with prohibitive as an adjective:
- Some countries are more prohibitive than others when it comes to hot topics like euthanasia and cloning.
- I'd like to visit Europe someday, but the cost is prohibitive right now.
noun
1. (linguistics) negative imperative