as in uneconomical
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Recent Examples of prohibitive
While this is a worthwhile investment for emergency room doctors deciding whether to admit a sick infant or send them home, such costs are often prohibitive for ordinary physicians.
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David Cox, WIRED, 7 Jan. 2025
What to Consider One of the most exclusive properties on the Big Island comes with rates that might be prohibitive for some.
—Patricia Doherty, Travel + Leisure, 31 Dec. 2024
And while the cost of increasing undisrupted learning time may be prohibitive for some districts, any districts can look at actions such as later start times for older students and morning core classes to capitalize on students’ most productive hours of the day.
—Peter Greene, Forbes, 28 Dec. 2024
The immersive graphics of virtual reality can also be prohibitive for gamers; the Meta Quest Pro sells for $1,000 and the Apple Vision Pro for $3,500.
—Zachary Small, New York Times, 26 Dec. 2024
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David Cox, WIRED, 7 Jan. 2025
What to Consider One of the most exclusive properties on the Big Island comes with rates that might be prohibitive for some.
—Patricia Doherty, Travel + Leisure, 31 Dec. 2024
And while the cost of increasing undisrupted learning time may be prohibitive for some districts, any districts can look at actions such as later start times for older students and morning core classes to capitalize on students’ most productive hours of the day.
—Peter Greene, Forbes, 28 Dec. 2024
The immersive graphics of virtual reality can also be prohibitive for gamers; the Meta Quest Pro sells for $1,000 and the Apple Vision Pro for $3,500.
—Zachary Small, New York Times, 26 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for prohibitive
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After last year’s exorbitant moves, the stock market in 2025 is depending more on company fundamentals to justify a further rise.—
Sarah Min,
CNBC,
15 Jan. 2025
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Given the state’s already exorbitant taxes, that likely means cutting spending on less consequential priorities.—
The Editors,
National Review,
13 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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Reddit Reacts Reddit users supported OP, pointing out the unreasonable nature of the neighbor's behavior.—
Gordon G. Chang,
Newsweek,
24 Jan. 2025
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The Supreme Court weighed Monday whether courts should examine everything that happened during the traffic stop or just the split seconds when the officer feared for his safety in deciding whether the officer can be tried for unreasonable force.—
Ella Lee,
The Hill,
22 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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As home prices remain near their pandemic highs and mortgage rates are expected to linger around the 6 percent mark throughout 2025 despite likely interest rate cuts by the Federal Reserve, homeownership will continue to be an unaffordable dream for many Americans this year.—
David Faris,
Newsweek,
18 Jan. 2025
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Of course, being adequately insured has proven difficult for many Californians, where homeowners’ insurance had already become unaffordable for some before the LA wildfires hit this month and where insurers declined to renew nearly 3 million homeowners’ policies, which included fire coverage.—
Jeanne Sahadi,
CNN,
17 Jan. 2025
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Massachusetts is the most expensive state in terms of basic costs for a family of four, according to a 2024 SmartAsset study.—
Celia Fernandez,
CNBC,
20 Jan. 2025
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This season has been particularly rocky for head coach Ruben Amorim’s men, and Antony has been a bit-part player—adding to his status as among the most expensive disappointments in the division’s history.—
Henry Flynn,
Forbes,
20 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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The results have been a large increase in energy costs for households and industry, driven by levies to subsidise uneconomic generation, and rising volatility in electricity markets accompanied by a higher risk of power outages in future.—
Gordon Hughes,
National Review,
13 May 2024
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Car-makers have warned that U.K. electric-vehicle manufacturing may become uneconomic under the existing U.K.-EU trade deal, which from 2024 requires 45% of the value of EVs to come from the U.K. or EU to avoid tariffs.—
WSJ,
WSJ,
2 June 2023
Adjective
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With accurate forecasts, manufacturers can coordinate with suppliers to ensure the timely delivery of specific components, avoiding costly production delays.—
Michael Amori,
Forbes,
24 Jan. 2025
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If approved, the new plan would end the costliest corporate bankruptcy resulting from the U.S. opioid crisis.—
Aaron Katersky,
ABC News,
23 Jan. 2025
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This pick is also available in four other colors and a variety of smaller and larger sizes, but the oatmeal hue offers the steepest discount.—
Maggie Horton,
People.com,
27 Jan. 2025
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Those steep canyons were too treacherous to hike into—a broken ankle would require an air evacuation—so the crew’s assignment was to create a mile-long containment line in the peaks west of Mount Wilson Observatory.—
M. R. O’Connor,
The New Yorker,
27 Jan. 2025
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Which means that that most are pricey and some aren’t even available yet.—
Gene Marks,
Forbes,
19 Jan. 2025
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There is the matter of Deion’s pricey buyout at Colorado, reportedly in the area of $8 million to $10 million.—
Mac Engel,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
18 Jan. 2025
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“Prohibitive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prohibitive. Accessed 31 Jan. 2025.
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