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prohibitive (Costly), adjective exorbitant, expensive, extortionate, extravagant, high-priced, immoderate, preposterous, unconscionable, undue, unreasonable, unwarranted prohibitive (Restrictive), adjective deterrent, disallowing, disqualifying, exclusive, exclusory, hindering, impeding, impossible, inhibitive, inhibitory, injunctive, interdictive, interdictory, interfering, limitative, limiting, obstructive, preclusive, preventing, preventive, proscriptive, repressive, restraining, suppressive See also: exclusive, inordinate, limited, preventive, restrictive How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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The cost of good farmland is prohibitively expensive and the return on the investment of labor and capital in farming enterprises is small, making farming possible for only large operations that can benefit from economies of scale. But if you lost your job, you would either have to walk or pay a prohibitively expensive subway surcharge. What's more, we are immediately up and running in a Midtown market that's becoming prohibitively tighter and tighter. |
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